Course descriptions

General Elective-I

The concepts of reform and revolution. The Ottoman heritage and the Westernism. Tanzimat and its outcomes. The first constitutional experience. Hamidian regime and its characteristics. The CUP and the constitutional opposition to Abdülhamid. The Constitutional Revolution of 1908. Balkan Wars. First World War and its social aspects. The Independence War. The regime of revolutions. One-Party System. The debates on a new economy.

Wall covering type and details. Ceiling types and details. Floor types and details. Lightweight partition types and details. Traditional roofing methods and details. Eaves type and details. Mutule type and details. Buttress type and details. Surface covaring types and details. Moulding type and details. Railing types and details. The details of finishing construction elements in traditional architecture.

Definition of the concept of quantity survey. Determination of the amount of work to be done during the restoration application. Preparation of technical specifications. Determination of unit prices. Cost calculation. Preparation of tender dossier. Making construction schedule.a Construction site organization. Making an advance request. Calculation methods of progress payments. Attachment methods. Provisional acceptance. Final acceptance.

Preparing the restoration project by using drawings of restitution and building survey of a historic multi-storied building. Submission prosess for the outputs of building survey to the Regional Board for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage. Submission prosess for the outputs of restitution proposal. Drawing of restoration project. Preparation of photo albüm as expected by relevant institutions. Architectural definition of the building and analysis of its conservation status. Writing analysis report as expected by relevant institutions.

Definition of renovation. Resarch on renovation application examples. Basic codes of ethichs in renovation. Renovation techniques. To give a historical building a new function in accordance with current needs. Compliance with specifications in the renovation project. Renovation preliminary project drawing. Selection of materials suitable for the traditional structure. Selection of furniture suitable for the new function. Selection of lighting suitable for the new function. Placement of materials to be used in renovation. Coloring of the project. Presentation of the renovation project.

Area Elective-II

General Elective-II

The founding dynamics of the Republic. Economic policy between statism and liberalism. The debates on Kemalism as an ideology. Kadro movement. New generation of Republican intellectuals. Second World War and Turkey. Integration to the Post-war World order. The Cold War and Turkey. Democratic Party. The 27 May Military Intervention and the constitution of 1961. 1960s new cultural and political dynamics. 12 March Military Intervention. Cyprus as an international question and the formation of European Union. The 1970s and political polarization. The 1980 military intervention and the 1982 Constitution. Özal governments. Social transformation in Turkey from 1980s to 1990s.

Completion of A1 level in the English language according to CEFR. Alphabet, numbers, and pronunciation. Basic vocabulary and grammar to communicate in daily life through reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills.