Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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/ İLH418 - ISLAMİC THEOLOGY

Code: İLH418 Course Title: OTTOMAN SUFISM TEXTS Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 2
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ISLAMİC THEOLOGY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ABDULLAH TAHA ORHAN (abdullahorhan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to gain skills to understand the Ottoman Sufi mentality through primary sources.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can analyze the role played by Sufism in the period when the Ottoman Empire was formed. PO-3 To have a satisfactory knowledge of the history, concepts, institutions, philosophy and main figures of Sufism.
 		Examination
LO-2 can explain Ottoman public piety. PO-3 To have a satisfactory knowledge of the history, concepts, institutions, philosophy and main figures of Sufism.
 		Examination
LO-3 can read alone primary Sufi texts written in Ottoman Turkish. PO-3 To have a satisfactory knowledge of the history, concepts, institutions, philosophy and main figures of Sufism.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Turkish Sufi texts written before the Conquest of Istanbul, the contexts in which these texts emerged, the authors and the main discussion topics constitute the content of the course.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to the world of Ottoman Sufism: origins Lecturing method Question Answer
2 Introduction to written literature: religious ethiquette (maw'iza) books Lecturing method Question Answer
3 Religious manuals and mystic content Lecturing method Question Answer
4 Sufi prose works Lecturing method Question Answer
5 Mawlid's Lecturing method Question Answer
6 Mawlid of Süleyman Çelebi: Wasilat an-Najat Lecturing method Question Answer
7 Commentaries and translations of Qasida al-Burda written by sufis Lecturing method Question Answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Yazıcızade Ahmed Bican and Mehmed brothers' works (I): Muhammadiyya Lecturing method Question Answer
10 Yazıcızade Ahmed Bican and Mehmed brothers' works (II): Anwar al-Ashiqin Lecturing method Question Answer
11 Eşrefoğlu Rûmî and Muzakk al-Nufus Lecturing method Question Answer
12 Hacı Bayram Veli's prose and their commentaries Lecturing method Question Answer
13 Akşemseddin's works: Risala al-nuriyya and Maqamat Awliya Lecturing method Question Answer
14 Abdurrahim Karahisari's works: Wahdatnama and Munya Lecturing method Question Answer
15 A Panorama: What do Ottoman Sufi texts say for today? Lecturing method Question Answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Vesiletü'n-necat: Mevlid-i Şerif, Süleyman Çelebi, haz. Necla Pekolcay, İstanbul : Dergah Yayınları, 2013
2 Yazıcıoğlu Ahmed Bican ve envarü’l-aşıkin adlı eseri (inceleme-metin) = Yazıcıoğlu Ahmed Bican and his envarü’l-aşıkın (introduction and critical edition), Ahmed Bican, haz. Abdullah Uğur, Cambridge: Harvard University, 2019.
3 Yazıcıoğlu Mehmed, Muhammediyye, haz. Amil Çelebioğlu, İstanbul: Dergah Yayınları, 2018.
Required Course instruments and materials
Infographics, selected Ottoman literature, research articles, encyclopedia entries, smart board, projector, Sufi hymns and calligraphy works.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 1 10 10
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 3 12
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 2 8
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 60