FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Department of Food Engineering

GEHU 207 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Turkish Cuisine Culture
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
GEHU 207
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
6

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Service Course
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course -
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s) -
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives The aim of the course is to describe, Turkish food culture under the influence of Anatolian historical heritage in the context of historical, archaeological and intangible cultural heritage and to apply them in their academic and professional lives.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Can describe the economic, social and cultural dimensions of food.
  • Can explain the historical development of Turkish Cuisine.
  • Can interpret Turkish cuisine within an economic, social and cultural perspective.
  • Can interpret the complex structure of Turkish Cuisine.
  • Can discuss the globalizing food phenomenon.
  • Can evaluate the formation of different food systems in globalizing world.
Course Description This course describes and contains the Turkish cuisine culture, which is a synthesis, formed of historical, economic, political and social dynamics will develop students’ cultural awareness and professional vision and will prepare the ground for them to present their expertise in professional platforms in a more conscious and well-equipped manner.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introduction
2 Paleolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age Culinary Traditions in Anatolia Homeros, Odysseia, Azra Erhat-A.Kadir (çev.), Dünya Klasikleri, Can Sanat Yayınları, 2008
3 Archaic, Hellenistik and Roman Periods’ Cuisine Culture in Anatolia Dalby A.-Graigner S. Antik Çağ Yemekleri ve Yemek Kültürü, Homer Kitabevi, 2001 Kimberly B. Flint-Hamilton, “Legumes in Ancient Greece and Rome: Food, Medicine, or Poison?”, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Vol. 68, No.3 (Jul. - Sep., 1999), pp. 371-385, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Wim Van Neer a,b, *, S. Thomas First archaeozoological evidence for haimation, the ‘invisible’ garum Parker Journal of Archaeological Science 35 (2008)
4 Byzantine Cuisine Culture Andrew Dalby. Tastes of Byzantium: The Cuisine of a Legendary Empire. I. B. Tauris, London, 2010. Feast Fast or Famine, Food and Drink in Byzantium, Mayer W. and Trzcionka (eds.), 2017, Brill.
5 Cuisine Culture in Central Asian Turks before and after Islam Sami Kılıç Ali Albayrak İslamiyetten Önce Türklerde Yiyecek Ve İçecekler Turkish Studies - International Periodical For The Languages, Literature And History Of Turkish Or Turkic Volume 7/2 Spring 2012, P.707-716 Ankara Güler, S. (2010). “Türk Mutfak Kültürü ve Yeme İçme Alışkanlıkları”, Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 26, s.26-63. Yemek Kitabı Tarih-Halkbilimi-Edebiyat M. Sabri Koz (der.), 2008 Üstün, Y., 2009, Eski Bir Türk İçeceği: Kımız (Koumiss) . Türklük Bilimi Araştırmaları , (26) , 247-255..
6 First Appearance of Turks in Anatolia, Seljuks and Principates’ Cuisine Culture Akin, G., Özkoçak, V., Gültekin T., 2017, Geçmişten Günümüze Geleneksel Anadolu Mutfak Kültürünün Gelişimi, Geçmişten Günümüze Geleneksel Anadolu Mutfak Kültürünün Gelişimi Konferans Sunumu.,
7 Ottoman Period Cuisine Culture 7 Ottoman Period Cuisine Culture “Ottoman Palace Cuisine of the Classical Period” (eds.) Özge Samancı, Arif Bilgin, inside Turkish Cuisine, Ankara, Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları, 2008 s. 71-91. Arif Bilgin Saraydan Düğüne Fatih Dönemi Sofraları, Fatih Sultan Mehmed Han ve Dönemi, Dr. Ayşe Bilge Zafer (ed.), Bursa Osmangazi Belediyesi Yayınları, 2016.Işın P.M., 2014 Bountiful Empire, A History of Ottoman Cuisine
8 Midterm
9 Ottoman Period Cuisine Culture Özge Samancı Geç Dönem Osmanlı Saray Mutfak Kültüründe Ziyafetler Ve Yemekler Osmanlı’da Mimari, Sanat Ve Yemek Kültürü Editörler: Mükerrem Bedizel Zülfkar-Aydın & Ravza Aydın, Osmanlı’da Mimari, Sanat Ve Yemek Kültürü Editörler: Mükerrem Bedizel Zülfkar-Aydın & Ravza Aydın, 2018
10 Republican Period Turkish Cuisine Culture https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/post-war_economies_turkey Özge Samancı Images, perceptions and authenticity in Ottoman-Turkish cuisine, in Food Heritage and Nationalism in Europe, Ilaria Porciani (ed.),2019, Routledge Publication, Part II, 155-171. Güler, S. (2010). “Türk Mutfak Kültürü ve Yeme İçme Alışkanlıkları”, Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 26, s.26-63.
11 Turkish Cuisine Culture and New Trends - I Defne Karaosmanoğlu, “Surviving the Global Market”, Food, Culture & Society, Vol. 10 , Iss. 3, 2007, 425-448. Yemek Kitabı Tarih-Halkbilimi-Edebiyat M. Sabri Koz (der.), 2008
12 Presentation
13 Presentation
14 Presentation
15 Review of the semester
16 Final Exam

 

Course Notes/Textbooks

Linda Civitello, Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and

People, 3rd edition, Wiley Publishers, 2011.

Suggested Readings/Materials

A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East, Sami Zubaida and Richard Tapper (eds.) 1994, ISBN 1860646034

 

Wheats Facts and Futures 2009, (eds) Dixon, et. Al., Mexico: CIMMYT, 2009, ISBN 978-970-648-170-2

 

Royal Taste, Food, Power and Status at the European Courts after 1789, Asghate 2011, ISBN 9780754694786

 

Encounters with Europe, 1850-1950, (eds) Anna Frangoudaki, Çağşar Keyder, London: I.B. Tauris,2007, ISBN 9781845112899

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
10
Presentation / Jury
1
10
Project
1
10
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
1
20
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
5
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
0
Study Hours Out of Class
14
2
28
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
1
15
15
Presentation / Jury
1
7
7
Project
1
20
20
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
1
20
20
Final Exam
1
30
30
    Total
168

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1 Being able to transfer knowledge and skills acquired in mathematics and science into engineering,
2 Being able to identify and solve problem areas related to Food Engineering,
3 Being able to design projects and production systems related to Food Engineering, gather data, analyze them and utilize their outcomes in practice,
4

Having the necessary skills to develop and use novel technologies and equipment in the field of food engineering,

5

Being able to take part actively in team work, express his/her ideas freely, make efficient decisions as well as working individually,

6

Being able to follow universal developments and innovations, improve himself/herself continuously and have an awareness to enhance the quality,

7

Having professional and ethical awareness,

8 Being aware of universal issues such as environment, health, occupational safety in solving problems related to Food Engineering,
9

Being able to apply entrepreneurship, innovativeness and sustainability in the profession,

10

Being able to use software programs in Food Engineering and have the necessary knowledge and skills to use information and communication technologies that may be encountered in practice (European Computer Driving License, Advanced Level),

11

Being able to gather information about food engineering and communicate with colleagues using a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)

12

Being able to speak a second foreign language at intermediate level.

13

Being able to relate the knowledge accumulated during the history of humanity to the field of expertise

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


NEWS |ALL NEWS

Izmir University of Economics
is an establishment of
izto logo
Izmir Chamber of Commerce Health and Education Foundation.
ieu logo

Sakarya Street No:156
35330 Balçova - İzmir / Turkey

kampus izmir

Follow Us

İEU © All rights reserved.