| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Associate Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 4 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Explain the status of women in the pre-Islamic Turkish states.
- Describe the structure of the classical Ottoman family and the position of women within it.
- Identify the developments in women's rights during the Ottoman modernization process.
- Explain the progress of women's rights during and after the Second Constitutional Period.
- Analyze the impact of modernization on women.
- Discuss the activities and contributions of women during the Turkish War of Independence and the Atatürk Era. Compare these developments with those in Europe.
- Evaluate the reflections of the transformations experienced during the Republican Period on contemporary society.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | |
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| Course Description | This course examines the transformation of women's social, political, and economic positions in Turkey after the Republic. Within its framework, the struggle for women's rights, gender roles, and the effects of modernization processes on women are analyzed. The primary objective is to provide students with the competence to evaluate the dynamics of social change from a female perspective. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Women's Place in Historiography and the Gender Perspective |
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2nd Week |
The Social Status of Women in the Pre-Islamic Turkish States |
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3rd Week |
Women and Education: The Use of Women's Education as a Modernizing Factor during Ottoman Modernization |
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4th Week |
The Woman Question in the West, Women's Emancipation, Debates on Women's Rights, and the Suffragette Movement |
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5th Week |
Women's Identity and the Question of Women's Emancipation in the Ottoman Empire: Debates within the Framework of Turkism, Westernism, and Islamism |
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6th Week |
Modern Reforms Concerning Women's Rights during the First and Second Constitutional Periods; Women's Journals and Associations; Women Poets and Writers |
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7th Week |
Women's Associations during the Balkan Wars and the First World War; Women's Employment (Women's Labor Battalion, Society for the Employment of Women) |
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8th Week |
Midterm Examination |
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9th Week |
Turkish Women during the War of Independence (on the Frontline, Behind the Front, and in Public Rallies) |
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10th Week |
The Women's People's Party and the Turkish Women's Union |
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11th Week |
Women's Education during the Atatürk Era |
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12th Week |
Women's Legal Rights during the Atatürk Era |
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13th Week |
Women's Political Rights during the Atatürk Era |
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14th Week |
Manifestations of Social and Political Emancipation: The Portrait of Turkish Women as Creative and Productive Figures in Science, Literature, and the Arts |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Emel Doğramacı, Past and Present of Women in Türkiye, Ankara, 1989.
Leyla Kaplan, Turkish Women in Associations and Political Organizations, Ankara, 1988.
Tezer Taşkıran, Turkish Women's Rights on the 50th Anniversary of the Republic, 1973.
İnci Enginün, Müjgan Cunbur & Cahide Özdemir, Turkish Women in the War of Independence, Ankara, 1983.
Bernard Caporal, Turkish Women in Kemalism and the Post-Kemalist Period, Ankara, 1982.
Afet İnan, The Rights and Duties of Turkish Women Throughout History, Istanbul, 1982.
The History and Destiny of Women in Türkiye, ed. Evrim Şencan, Ankara, 2021.
Şefika Kurnaz, Turkish Women before the Republic (1839?1923), Ankara, 1990.
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
40 |
| Total(%) |
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40 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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40 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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60 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
8 |
2 |
16 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
35 |
35 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
25 |
25 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
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| Final exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Homework |
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| Total Work Load | 120 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 4 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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