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
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Program Outcomes
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