| Weeks | Topics |
| 1 |
Ottoman State Mentality: Ottoman Dynasty and the Emergence of the Ottoman State, Succession, Sultan, Princes
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| 2 |
Central Administration: Palace and the kul system, slavery, Ottoman Palace, Kul system and Enderun, Harem, Evaluation of the Kul System
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| 3 |
Central Administration: Birun, Imperial Council
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| 4 |
Central Administration: Diwan bureaucracy, Diwan Branches
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| 5 |
Military Organization: Kapikulu Army: Acemi Ocağı, Yeniçeri Ocağı, Cebeci Ocağı, Topçu Ocağı, Kapıkulu Sipahileri, Other Military Organizations
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| 6 |
Military Organization: Provincial Soldiers, Yaya ve Müsellemler, Tımarlı Sipahiler, Akıncı Ocağı, Deliler, Castle Guards, Supporting Soldiers
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| 7 |
Military Organization: Ottoman army in the 19th century, naval force, Kaptan Pasha and the province of Kaptan Pasha, Ottoman dockyard.
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| 8 |
Fiscal Organization: Treasurer and Defterhane, Defterdar Kapısı
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| 9 |
Fiscal Organization: Treasury, Defter-i Hakanî Eminliği, Fiscal Organization in the 19th century
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| 10 |
Midterm Exam
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| 11 |
Ottoman Intellectual and Legal Organization: Ottoman Law and its historical progress, Legal and Intellectual Organization
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| 12 |
Ottoman Intellectual and Legal Organization: Madrasa Organization
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| 13 |
Ottoman Classical Age and Reforms (1453-1700): Isolation of the Ottoman Civilisation
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| 14 |
Ottoman Classical Age and Reforms (1453-1700): Reforms Efforts in the Classical Period
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