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Course Name	Turkish	Ulusal Peyzaj Mimarlığı Okumaları
	English	Readings About National Landscape Architecture
Course Code	PEM 4024E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	2	2	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Çisem Demirel Koyun
Course Objectives		1. To critically analyze the historical development of the landscape architecture profession in Turkey through key turning points and transformations. 2. To understand the planning ideologies, key actors, and organizational structures that influenced the institutionalization of the profession, and to establish connections between historical contexts and contemporary practices. 3. To explore local approaches to landscape architecture in relation to national DERS PROGRAMI FORMU COURSE SYLLABUS FORM SenK: 10.09.2025 Rev 01 policies and spatial production, in order to grasp the unique dynamics of the discipline's development.
Course Description		This course examines the historical development of the landscape architecture profession in Turkey through a multilayered and critical approach. Shaped by a methodological framework focused on theory–practice relations, historiography, and issues of memory and archiving, it covers a wide range of periods—from gardening traditions to modernist planning, ecological transformation, and professional institutionalization. It discusses transformations from the Late Ottoman to the Republican era, shaped by both national and international actors. The course also explores education, publications, competitions, and current practices. Supported by field trips and student presentations, it aims to equip students with the ability to critically link historical processes with contemporary professional issues.
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