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HISTORY OF TURKISH SOCIOLOGY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
SOS388 HISTORY OF TURKISH SOCIOLOGY 6 3 3 8

Objectives and Contents

Objectives: This course aims to help students understand the origins of sociological thought in Turkey, learn the emergence and development process of emergence of sociology in Turkey, have information about Turkish sociologist and their interests, know and explain developing sociology schools in Turkey and make analysis and interpretation about society's problems.
Content: Contents of the course include; the impact on Turkish intellectuals of Western thought the relations with the West in the 19th century, the Constitutional period movements of thought and the development of sociology, Ziya Gokalp and Prince Sabahattin contributions to Turkish sociology, institutionalization of sociology in Turkey, Turkish sociology in the early Republican period, Turkish sociology in the 1950-1960, 1960-1980s and 1980-2000, basic characteristics and tendencies of Turkish sociology.