Reviews of professor Baris Basturk

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He seems like a nice guy, but he is unbelievably dry as a professor. He shows little to no personality in class, and all his lectures feel like hes reading from a script; hes just boring. His assignments are pretty easy and straightforward, though, and theres no exams, just a couple of papers. He seems to be a pretty easy grader as well.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Baris Basturk was a nice professor, but his class was very boring. It is evident that he is passionate about the course content, but his lectures are dry and consist of him reading off of slides. He also has an accent, so it is hard to understand him at times. He is an easy grader, and you only have a few short assignments and two papers.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mr. Basturk is from Turkey & has an accent but still understandable if you pay close attention. Very nice guy & knowledgeable about the Middle East, specializes in Ottoman Empire studies. His lectures can get boring most of the time & does not post slides so take notes. 2 quizes, midterm paper, response paper on book, final paper. Daily attendance

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
You have a few assignments a week and they are honestly so boring. You have to watch lecture videos that are hours long to complete the assignments and they are not fun to sit through. Midterm and Final are both proctored and so hard.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took this class in Fall of 2020. Professor Basturk is from Turkey I believe, which made him a bit hard to understand on Zoom with his mask on as well. The content is easy to do, but easy to forget about when you have other classes as well, so be sure to remember to do your work!