HISTORY OF MODERN CYPRUS
- Course
- HIST220 - HISTORY OF MODERN CYPRUS
- Department
- Basic Sciences and Humanities
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 4
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan SAMANİ
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
The aim of this course is to help students develop skills to examine the recent past of Cyprus from a historical perspective since the Ottoman conquest, and know more the island. The formation of Muslim community, Orthodox Christians and other people of Cyprus: Armenians, Maronites, Jewish and the others, Orthodox Church; Ottoman Modernization: local advisory councils, the advent of Telegram, Nicosia Rüştiye (first modern secondary school), non-Muslims’ educational and cultural institutions, Quarantine, soldiering; British colonial rule and administrative institutions; cultural, social and economic transformation; The rise of Greek nationalism, Enosis, Turkish Cypriot nationalism; de-colonization and foundation of Republic of Cyprus, intercommunal conflicts, the foundation of TRNC, Cyprus Question, Intercommunal talks, Annan Plan and Referanda, are the main content of the course.
HISTORY OF MODERN CYPRUS
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
| Item | Type | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm | Midterm | 40 |
| Final | Final | 60 |
| Total | 100 | |
Course outcomes
No course outcomes have been defined yet.
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | A General Look at the Pre-Ottoman Cyprus |
| Week 3 | Cyprus under the Ottoman Administration: People and the state |
| Week 4 | Ottoman Modernization in Cyprus |
| Week 5 | British takeover and Colonial rule in Cyprus |
| Week 6 | The rise and development of Greek Nationalism in Cyprus: Enosis |
| Week 7 | Turkish Cypriot reaction to Enosis and development of Turkish Cypriot Nationalism |
| Week 8 | Midterm Week |
| Week 9 | The Establishment of Republic of Cyprus: Constitutional order, Treaty of Quarantee and Alliance; |
| Week 10 | Intercommunal Conflict 1963-1974 |
| Week 11 | The Greek Junta's coup and Turkish Military Intervention |
| Week 12 | Division, UN resolutions, Turkish Cypriot administrative organizations and the Republic of Cyprus , TRNC. |
| Week 13 | History of Fruitless Intercommunal Talks 1968-2020 |
| Week 14 | The current situation |
| Week 15 | Final Exam Week |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Sir George Hill, A History of Cyprus I-IV, Cambridge, University Press, 1952.
- 02 Sir Harry Luke, Cyprus Under the Turks, 1969.
- 03 Zenon Stavrinides, The Cyprus Conflict: National Identity and Statehood, 1976.
- 04 Heinz A.Richter, A concise History of Modern Cyprus(1878-2009), Verlag-Franz Philipp Rutzen
Learning Outcomes
No learning outcomes have been defined.
Program Outcomes
- P01 The student chooses the design principles and can match the application
- P02 Students will be able to define national and international values in art and design
- P03 Students will be able to define abstract and concrete design concepts and express them in composition
- P04 The student can adjust the time correctly to complete his / her graphic application
- P05 The student matches the relationship between image and meaning
- P06 Students can express what they see by drawing
- P07 Identifies the traces, aligns, and calculates the hierarchy of typographic elements
- P08 Defines and lists art and design materials
- P09 Expresses an idea, concept or phenomenon visually in a creative way
- P10 Solves the design problems encountered in the process
- P11 Symbolizes concepts, situations, and objects in the visual context
- P12 Develops design projects by recalling basic graphic design principles
- P13 Applies technology effectively in the design process
- P14 Can think critically and question theoretical gains in the context
- P15 Relate the past, present, and future of design
- P16 Can perform original works related to the field and evaluate the results
- P17 Designs and produces different visual areas such as multimedia, advertising graphics, animation, new media, printmaking, and photography
- P18 Improves communication skills for teamwork
- P19 Can effectively discuss, criticize and form theory about the field
- P20 Student can organize paragraphs, single-column, multi-column and modular grids in book and magazine designs
- P21 Can plan collaborations with colleagues in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary environments
- P22 Can associate written texts with visual images
- P23 Can observe and compare in the context of art criticism methods
- P24 Can apply legal regulations and procedures in the field
- P25 Be able to associate written texts with visual images
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