Academic Catalog

HIST544 NON-MUSLIMS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (1453?1860)

Course Code: 2400544
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: History
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Ottoman polity; religious and ethnic populations; non-Muslim subjects; ethno-religious identities; interrelations with imperial authority; tolerance; coexistence; conflict; loyalty and identity formation; regional case studies; Anatolia; the Balkans; the Arab Middle East; organizational principles; operational mechanisms; transformations; multi-confessional state and society; the early modern and modern periods; broader discourses; pluralism; governance; social (dis)integration; imperial contexts.