The Department of History aims to provide students with the ability and equipment to examine the subjects of the science of history within a discipline by teaching the principles of historiography. Accordingly, it is aimed to create a curriculum content that will convey the different phases of Turkish and World history and the dynamics affecting them to the students and to keep this program up-to-date every semester. The main task of the history department is to keep the history and historiography aspects of the students strong as a result of the courses they take and to guide them to create their own world of ideas. History is the memory of a nation. Turkish history is also the main source of this memory for the Turkish nation. The responsibility of the history departments is to keep this honorable memory alive and to convey this memory to our nation. It is one of our main duties to instill this sense of responsibility in our students.
In this context, Namık Kemal University History Department is one of the first departments established in 2007 within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Our department is one of the rapidly growing departments of our faculty with its expert faculty members. Our education program focuses on many different semesters and allows our students to work in different fields.
The academic studies of Namık Kemal University History Department lecturers aim to contribute scientifically to unearthing unknown points in Turkish and World History. In this context, academic studies are carried out in six departments (Ancient History, Medieval History, Modern History, Modern History, History of the Republic of Turkey, General Turkish History) in the Department.
Our department first started accepting students in the 2012-2013 academic year. Students who will graduate at the end of four years will have the opportunity to work in the following areas:
1. Academic career in History Departments
2. History Teaching
3. State and Institution Archives
4. General Directorate of Foundations
5. Ministry of Culture