2024-2025 Academic Year Undergraduate – Associate Student Booklet
Doctoral Program

Students admitted to the Ph.D. program must complete a total of 120 ECTS credits through compulsory and elective courses. After passing the qualifying exam, they must prepare an acceptable doctoral dissertation, reaching a total of 240 ECTS credits, and maintain a minimum academic GPA of 3.0 out of 4. Students who fail to meet this requirement within the given timeframe will be dismissed from the program.

According to regulations, a doctoral student who successfully completes coursework must take the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam within the following six months. Those who fail the exam are given a second chance. The qualifying exam assesses the student's theoretical knowledge, methodological competence, and expertise in their dissertation topic.

Students who pass the exam are given two years to complete their dissertation. The Thesis Monitoring Committee, which includes the student’s advisor, evaluates the progress twice a year. If a student's research is deemed satisfactory but they are unable to complete the dissertation, they may be granted an additional two-year extension.

The student must defend their dissertation before a jury, which makes a decision based on the majority vote.

Course List*

All Courses in the Program Program Competencies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
TAR725 TURKISH-CHINESE RELATIONS
TAR729 THE TURKS and ISLAM I
TAR731 PROBLEMS of THE FOUNDATION PERIOD of THE OTT. STAT
TAR733 THE DEVELOPMENT of THE OTTOMAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
TAR735 HISTORY of THE OTTOMAN LAW IN THE CLASSICAL AGE
TAR737 HISTORY of THE OTTOMAN INSTITUTIONS I
TAR741 DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
TAR743 BALKANS UNDER THE OTTOMAN RULE
TAR745 CHANGES IN OTTOMAN BUREAUCRACY IN THE 19TH CENTURY
TAR749 GREAT POWERS and THE MIDDLE EAST
TAR779 THE RELIGIOUS PARTIES, CLASSES and COMMUNITIES IN
TAR799 SEMINAR IN HISTORICAL STUDIES
TAR726 MONGOLIAN HISTORY IN THE 11-14TH CENTURIES
TAR728 SOCIAL and ECO. HISTORY of THE SELJUKS of TURKEY
TAR730 THE TURKS and ISLAM II
TAR732 SCIENCE and EDUCATION IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
TAR736 SOURCES of OTTOMAN SOCIAL and ECONOMIC HISTORY
TAR738 HISTORY of THE OTTOMAN INSTITUTIONS II
TAR742 CHANGES and TRANSF. IN THE OTTOMAN RURAL ECONOMY
TAR744 THE OTTOMAN CITY
TAR746 POLITICAL and SOCIAL OPPOSITION IN THE OTTOMAN EMP
TAR748 CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENTS IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE
TAR752 INTELLECTUAL CURRENTS (MOVEMENTS) AFTER TANZIMAT
TAR754 ARCHIVAL SOURCES and THE COMPUTER II
TAR756 THE RELATION BETWEEN STATE and RELIGION IN EUROPE
TAR758 EUROPEAN REGIMES
TAR762 HISTORY of CHINA and JAPAN (19-20TH CENTURIES)
TAR764 OTTOMAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY II  
TAR770 OTTOMAN CHRONICLES II
TAR772 HISTORY of CLASSICAL MILITARY THOUGHT
TAR774 HISTORY of SOVIET RUSSIA (1917-1991)
TAR776 THE BALKANS IN THE 20TH CENTURY
TAR778 THE TRANSFORMATION of THE OTTOMAN ARMY
TAR780 MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHT and PRACTICE
TAR753 ARCHIVAL SOURCES and THE COMPUTER I
TAR755 FORMATION of THE WESTERN WORLD
TAR757 THE STATE SYSTEM IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
TAR759 HISTORY of UNITED STATES of AMERICA
TAR761 CHANGES IN THE 20TH CENTURY
TAR763 OTTOMAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY I
TAR767 EMERGENCE of THE OTTOMAN PRESS
TAR769 OTTOMAN CHRONICLES I
TAR773 IMPERIAL RUSSIA (1700-1917)
TAR775 STATE and ARMY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
TAR777 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE OTTOMAN WORLD              
TAR800 PREPARATION TO PHD PROFICIENCY EXAM
TAR700-01 RESEARCH PHD THESIS
TAR700-02 RESEARCH PHD THESIS
TAR700-03 RESEARCH PHD THESIS
TAR700-04 RESEARCH PHD THESIS

 

*This list is for general information purposes only. In particular, the opening of elective courses may vary according to the plans at the beginning of the semester. You  can visit the Bologna Information Package page for detailed course  contents.

** Students who have taken this course or the equivalent of this course during the Master's Semester may be exempt from this course by submitting a petition to our department.