DEBATES AND ISSUES IN ANATOLIAN TURKISH ARCHITECTURE

MİM525

Course Code: MİM525
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Be able to discuss key concepts and developments in Anatolian architecture from the Seljuks to the Ottomans through a critical and analytical framework.
Be able to critically review the scholarship on the selected topics of the semester.
To evaluate different approaches to selected issues of the semestre on Anatolian Turkish architecture.
Have knowledge on architectural historiography on Turkey and in Turkey.
Develop skills on thinking, reading, and writing on architecture.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course questions key concepts and developments in Anatolian architecture from the Seljuks to the Ottomans through a critical and analytical framework. Instead of a thorough knowledge accumulation on the built environment, architectural milieu and production in Seljuk and Ottoman Anatolia, the aim of the course is to examine the studies relevant to the selected concepts, reviewing the scholarship related to the subject and within this context to discuss and evaluate different approaches to similar problems and issues.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the Course
2^nd Week	Discussion on the Terminology
3^rd Week	Seljuk Architecture I
4^th Week	Seljuk Architecture II
5^th Week	Beyliks Architecture I
6^th Week	Ottoman Architecture I
7^th Week	Mid Term
8^th Week	Ottoman Architecture II
9^th Week	Ottoman Architecture III
10^th Week	Ottoman Architecture IV
11^th Week	Ottoman Architecture V
12^th Week	The Issue of Turkish Architectural History
13^th Week	Student Presentations
14^th Week	Wrap-up

Recommended or Required Reading

Arnold D., Altan Ergut E., Turan Özkaya B., (2006) Rethinking Architectural Historiography, London and New York: Routledge
Bozdoğan S., Necipoğlu G. (der.) (2007), History and Ideology: Architectural Heritage of the ?Lands of Rum?, Muqarnas An Annual of the Visual Culture of the Islamic World, 24, Leiden and Boston: Brill.
Düzenli H. İ. (der.) (2009), Türk Mimarlık Tarihi, Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi, 13.
Fernie E. (1995), Art History and its Methods: A Critical Anthology, Hong Kong: Phaidon.
Kuban D. (1995), Türk-İslam Sanatı Üzerine Denemeler, İstanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları.
(Based on the selected topics of the semester additional required readings will be announced)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation
Report Preparation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	25
Assignment	1	25
Other	1	20
Total(%)		70
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		70
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		30
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	10	4	40
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	60	60
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework
Take-home	1	30	30
Term Project Research	1	80	80
Preperation for Presentations	1	60	60
Total Work Load			314
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.46
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1	X	X	X	X	X
K2		X	X	X	X
K3
K4
K5
K6	X	X	X	X	X
K7
K8
K9
K10	X	X		X	X