Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1TLL 305Ottoman Paleography and Diplomatica1+4+03525.10.2025

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Lisans Dil Dersleri
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course This course is keyed to familiarizing the student with the form and content peculiarities of the different types of documents produced by the administrative, scholarly and juridical sectors of the Ottoman bureaucracy.
Course Content Considered as a diploma, each such document bears certain special features which have to be assessed and understood in relation to the bureaucratic unit or department that produced and issued it. This includes a refined mastery of the types of script
Course Methods and Techniques In the classical age as well as the modern era, the central administration utilized scripts known as rika or divani, while Islamic scholars and jurists used others known as talik or nesih, all of which the student has to be able to recognize and decipher.
Prerequisites and co-requisities ( TLL 304 )
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Associate Prof.Dr. Günhan Börekçi
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Nihat Öztoprak – Recep Ahıshalı, Osmanlı Türkçesi-I, Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2011. Hayati Develi, Osmanlı Türkçesi Kılavuzu 1, Kesit Yayınları, 2012. Şemsettin Sami, Kamus-ı Türki (Latin Harfleriyle), İstanbul: İdeal Kültür Yayıncılık, 2015. Mehmet Kanar, Arap Harfli Alfabetik Osmanlı Türkçesi Sözlüğü, İstanbul: Say, 2010.
Course Notes In the classical age as well as the modern era, the central administration utilized scripts known as rika or divani, while Islamic scholars and jurists used others known as talik or nesih, all of which the student has to be able to recognize and decipher.
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Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Assignment 6 % 20
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
8
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 70 2 140
Assignments 6 1 6
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Final examination 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5 150

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Students recognize the nature and value of archival documents as sources for historical research
2 Students analyze and interpret Ottoman archival texts with particular attention to their historiographical contexts
3 Students recognize, read and decipher many variations of rika, talik or nesih handwriting

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Archival Documents (1): ARZUHAL
2 Archival Documents (2): MAHZAR
3 Archival Documents (3): ARİZA
4 Archival Documents (4): MAZBATA
5 Archival Documents (5): LAYİHA
6 Archival Documents (6): SENED
7 Archival Documents (7): VAKFİYE

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
All 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
C1 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
C2 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5
C3 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

  
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