Faculty of Humanities | Department of History

Founded in 1993, the Department of History consists of the following sub-departments: Department of Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern History and History of the Republic of Turkey. History is a scientific discipline which investigates how societies change and develop in political, social, economic, and cultural contexts through time and their contributions to the civilization in the world. The philosophy of the Department is to enrich the cultural and intellectual point of view of students to reach a certain level of consciousness. The emphasized phenomena in the department are being objective in the context of humanist and rationalist education, struggling with the dogmas in the society, training the mind, understanding the "other" and providing the historical perspective needed for some of the prevailing issues.