HIST450 URBAN SPACES IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. 1600-1900
| Course Code: |
2400450 |
| 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: |
Assoc.Prof.Dr. GÜRER KARAGEDÝKLÝ |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Urban spaces in the Ottoman Empire from the end of the ?Classical Age? to the Second Constitutional Era (1908) through historical. social. and theoretical viewpoints; critical engagement with primary sources such as court records and waqf (endowment) documents alongside secondary literature; exploration of organization and reproduction of urban spaces; legal. economic. and social structures of urban life and governance; relationship between the state and urban communities; coexistence and segregation in multi-ethnic and multi-religious urban areas; the role of property and property regimes; public and private spaces over time; scholarly debates and different perspectives of Ottoman urban life.
