HISTORY OF MODERN CYPRUS

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

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Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Sir George Hill, A History of Cyprus I-IV, Cambridge, University Press, 1952.
2. 02 Sir Harry Luke, Cyprus Under the Turks, 1969.
3. 03 Zenon Stavrinides, The Cyprus Conflict: National Identity and Statehood, 1976.
4. 04 Heinz A.Richter, A concise History of Modern Cyprus(1878-2009), Verlag-Franz Philipp Rutzen

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Program Outcomes

1. P01 Becoming aware of sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic engineering and agricultural science
2. P02 Having sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic agricultural production especially in pomology, viticulture, olericulture, floriculture and agronomy, and their breeding
3. P03 Being well equiped with practical experiences in agriculture
4. P04 Finding the source of environmental, biotic, abiotic, technical and economical problems in agricultural crops which reduce yield and quality, and create solutions to related problems
5. P05 Defining, classifying and naming cultivated crop plants and knowing how to manage them
6. P06 Breeding of horticultural and field crops, developing new cultivars and producing propagation materials of new developed varieties
7. P07 Applying up-to-date methods and techniques for preserving genetic resources and environment for sustainable use in agricultural commodities
8. P08 Evaluating, asseying and analyzing the changes in cultivation of horticultural and agronomic crops in respect to irrigation, fertilization, defining pests and diseases and after postharvest handling
9. P09 Establishing and managing orchards, vineyards and field crop productions and greenhouse operations
10. P10 Obtaining data in horticulture and field crops along with researching, considering, recording, consulting and expert abilities, project writing and applying
11. P11 Identifying different roles in enchancing individual abilities and skills beside taking responsibilities, participations in team works under any given conditions
12. P12 Easily accessing to appropriate information and thinking analytically in their interested area and subjects. They can do accurate timing and planning in agricultural productions in year round. They think analytically, prepare questionaries, have an exploratory and creative vision and use the obtained knowledge for the benefit of farmers and societies
13. P13 Having ability to transfer information and also able to easily communicate with the people in the field at different levels. They have self - confidence and self- improvement skills as well

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