Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
DKA-S423SUFISM AND SCHOOLS OF SUFISMElective473
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To understand and discuss the main topics of the history of Sufism and thought, methodology, method and problems.
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Learning Outcomes
1Students understand the location of Sufism in the history of Islamic thought
2Students understand the structure and properties of Sufi thought
3Students know how Sufism and Sufi institutions came about
4Students know major sects, properties and the places to spread
5Students recognize the impact and representatives of sufi thought at the Seljuk and Ottoman periods
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
The Periods of The History of Sufism Asceticism in Islam and The Period of Asceticism The Period of Sufism and Some Great Sufis The Period of Sufism and Some Great Sufis Schools and Sects in the period of sufism The Period of Sufi Orders and The Emergence of the first sufi orders Term Examination Term Examination Sufism and Turks Kadiriyya, Rifaiyya, Suhrawardiyya Shazaliyya, Badaviyya, Desukiyya, Chishtiyya Halvatiyya, Baktashiyya, Mevlaviyya, Bayramiyya Malamatiyya in Sufism and The Malamatis in the history of Ottoman Period Sufi Sects in the Period of Seljuks and Ottomans
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1The Periods of The History of Sufism
2Asceticism in Islam and The Period of Asceticism
3The Period of Sufism and Some Great Sufis
4The Period of Sufism and Some Great Sufis
5Schools and Sects in the period of sufism
6The Period of Sufi Orders and The Emergence of the first sufi orders
7Term Examination
8Midterm examination.
9Term Examination
10Sufism and Turks
11Kadiriyya, Rifaiyya, Suhrawardiyya
12Shazaliyya, Badaviyya, Desukiyya, Chishtiyya
13Halvatiyya, Baktashiyya, Mevlaviyya, Bayramiyya
14Malamatiyya in Sufism and The Malamatis in the history of Ottoman Period
15Sufi Sects in the Period of Seljuks and Ottomans
16Final examination.
Recommended or Required Reading
Louis Massignon, Doğuş Devrinde Islam Tasavvufu, (çev: M. Ali Aynî), Istanbul 2006. Hucviri, Keşfü l-Mahcub, Istanbul 1982. Hasan Kamil Yılmaz, Tasavvufi Açıdan Ashab-ı Suffa , Tasavvuf Ilmi ve Akademik Araştırma Dergisi, yıl: 3, sa: 7, Eylül- Aralık 2001, 9-31. Süleyman Uludağ, Bayezid-i Bistami Hayatı-Menkıbeleri Fikirleri, TDV Yayınları, Ankara, 1994. Yaşar Nuri Öztürk, Hallac-ı Mansur ve Eseri, Istanbul 1997. Süleyman Ateş, Cüneyd- i Bağdadi / Hayatı, Eserleri ve Mektupları, ty, yy. H. Kamil Yılmaz, Anahatlarıyla Tasavvuf ve Tarikatlar. Fuat Köprülü, Türk Edebiyatında ilk Mutasavvıflar. Himmet Konur, Horasan ın Islam Ve Tasavvuf Tarihine Katkısı (H. I-V. Asırlar) , DEÜ Ilahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, sa: XXI, Izmir 2005, 3-27. A. Yaşar Ocak, Kalenderiler. Mikail Bayram, Ahi Evren. Ali Bolat, Melâmetîlik, Insan Yay. Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı, Melâmîlik ve Melâmîler, Inkılap Yay.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14228
Self Study14570
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)101
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