Academic Catalog

HIST358 MINORITIES IN THE BALKANS

Course Code: 2400358
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: History
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. ÖMER TURAN
Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This course is aimed at analyzing the developments of the Balkans during the late 19th and 20th centuries. Specifically, the peoples of the Balkans, nationalism, the emergence of Balkan national states, their minorities, their policies, minority rights, migrations and assimilations within the Balkanic states will be studied. The course will also concentrate on ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities of the peninsula and their conditions & problems.