ATATURK'S PRINCIPLES AND HISTORY OF MODERN TÜRKİYE - Department Information
Last Update Date : 22.08.2026
Language Turkish
Program Time (Year) 4
Max.Program Time (Year) 6
Program Quota
Internships Status Absent
.Graduate Degree ATATURK'S PRINCIPLES AND HISTORY OF MODERN TURKEY
About Programme

With the law numbered 2809 enacted on March 28, 1983, the Institute of Atatürk's Principles and Revolutionary History was established within Hacettepe University. In this context, Hacettepe University Institute of Atatürk's Principles and Revolutionary History, one of the seven existing institutes in Türkiye, continues its activities as a respected institution that strives to fulfill its mission in the best way possible. The graduate programs of our institute respond to the new and changing situations and current developments in our country, our environment and the world, contribute to the formation of social memory by presenting the scientific findings and information obtained to the service of society,
and provide students with the skills and competence to approach various issues of the history of the Republic of Turkey with modern methods within the framework of Turkish Modernization.
Our institute's postgraduate programs examine the multidimensional characteristics and qualities of the National Struggle, the Atatürk Period and the Turkish Revolution, their interactions and reflections with their immediate surroundings and the nations of the world,
using the methods of the Contemporary History discipline. This program aims to contribute to the understanding of today, the formation of future policies and decision-making processes in the context of Türkiye and its ties and relations with its political and human geography. The language of education in our institute's postgraduate programs is Turkish. Our institute has the technical equipment and materials required by the educational process;
it is developing within the framework of the general vision of our university.

 

The Main Branch of Science
Prof. Dr. Ayten Sezer Arığ
History
Our Institute was founded in 1982, within the framework of the modernization moves of the Turkish society in the face of the political, social, economic, cultural and socio-psychological problems that emerged as a result of the encounter between Western civilization and Eastern civilization, with the aim of scientifically researching, disseminating and promoting the Ataturkist thought, Ataturk's Principles and Revolutions with the restructuring of the Republic of Turkey, and to train academicians by obtaining master's and doctorate degrees in these fields, and to give the Ataturk Principles and Revolution History Courses taught at our university. was established.

Our Institute gives "Ataturk Principles and History of Revolution" courses to approximately 10,500 students in all faculties and colleges of our University. In addition, Ataturk's Principles and History of Revolution courses are given from time to time to candidate civil servants at various levels of our University.

In our institute, research-oriented science specialization and doctoral programs are implemented in the fields of modernization of Turkish society, Turkish war of independence, establishment and development of the Republic of Turkey, Ataturkist thought, Ataturk's Principles and Revolutions and international relations.
Qualification Awarded
Doctorate
Admission Requirements
To apply to the Institute's doctoral program, candidates must graduate from any master's program. 20% of the candidates' master's degree graduation grade is included in the evaluation. An interview is conducted as a measurement-evaluation tool to determine the level of historical knowledge of candidates applying for the doctoral program in terms of theory and method. 30% of the score received by the candidate in the interview exam is included in the evaluation.

At least 60 EA / Verbal from the Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) organized by the Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) or H.Ü. from the GRE and GMAT exams. They must have received a score equivalent to 60 points within the framework of equivalence determined by the Senate and at least 60 points from the Foreign Language Proficiency Examination (YDS) or an equivalent score from one of the national or internationally valid exams whose equivalence is accepted by ÖSYM.
International student applications are based on Hacettepe University Senate dated 15.01.2014 and numbered 2014-28, "Principles Concerning Application and Admission Conditions for Foreign National Candidates to Hacettepe University Graduate Education Programs". It is accepted in accordance with the Senate Decision.

Provisions not included above will be applied in accordance with the relevant provisions of Hacettepe University Postgraduate Education and Examination Regulations.
Higher Grade Transition
PhD students who successfully complete their courses, obtain 90 ECTS credits and have an academic average of at least 3.00 move on to the qualification stage. The student, who successfully completes the qualifying exam, defends his thesis proposal, which includes his work plan, orally in front of the thesis monitoring committee within six months at the latest and begins his thesis work. Presents his thesis and the results obtained in accordance with the thesis writing committees and presents his thesis in front of the jury and defends it orally.
Graduation Requirements
Collecting a total of 120 ECTS course credits from compulsory and elective courses and then passing the proficiency exam to prepare an acceptable doctoral thesis and reach a total of 240 ECTS.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates
Students who graduate from the doctoral program can continue their academic careers. In various sectors in our country; Our students, especially those who have graduated from one of the fields of social and human sciences and who have enrolled in our institute's doctoral program and successfully graduated, can continue to work in their own sectors.
Assessment and Grading
Exams; There are three types of exams: midterm exam, general exam and make-up exam. The general exam for a course is held at the end of the semester in which that course is defined. The way the exam is conducted is determined by the course instructor.
The number and type of midterm exams of a course, the rate that will affect the course success grade, and the evaluation principles of the exams are announced to the students at the beginning of the semester by the relevant course instructor.
The measurement and evaluation methods applied for each course are defined in the "Course Teaching Plan" prepared by the relevant faculty members and included in the Information package. Regarding exams and course success grades, the relevant articles of Hacettepe University Postgraduate Education and Examination Regulations are applied.

According to the current education and examination regulations, the grading system is based on converting the total points the student has received from course exams/exam-equivalent evaluations into grades and coefficients. Additionally, in the current evaluation system, grades are not given qualitative evaluation labels (exceptional, excellent, very good, good, etc.).