Lessons
TUDE 101 Ottoman Turkish I
Features of Ottoman Turkish, introduction to the Arabic alphabet (initial-medial-final forms of letters), non-joining letters and diacritics, phonetic values of letters, distinguishing Arabic, Persian, and Turkish words, vowel harmony in Turkish words, nasal "n", suffix spelling, letters ʿAyn, Hamza and "vav-ı ma'dule", "elif-i maksure", words with shadda (emphasis), assimilation, names of months and days, the abjad numerical system.
TUDE 103 History of the Turkish Language I
Language history materials and relevant academic disciplines, interlingual relations, sources for Turkish language history, Turkish materials in Chinese sources, phonological features of Hunnic data, comparison with historical and modern Turkic written languages, introduction to Danube Bulgarian language and phonological features, historical background and comparison with modern dialects, equivalence between the r/l and z/ş branches of Turkic, relationship with Altaic languages. Comparison of Danube Bulgarian, Volga Bulgarian, and Chuvash (r/l group) with Orkhon Turkic and modern dialects (z/ş group), foundations and supporters of the Altaic theory, languages considered Altaic (Turkish, Mongolian, Manchu-Tungusic, Korean, Japanese), comparisons of historical materials and linguistic-geographical relationships, criticisms and counter-arguments to the Altaic theory, earliest written documents in the z/ş group (Orkhon inscriptions), discovery and linguistic features of the Orkhon inscriptions, features of the Orkhon alphabet, general overview of the First and Second Eastern Turkic Khaganates and the Uyghur Steppe Khaganate, Orkhon Turkic texts, publications, bibliographic sources. Discovery and analysis of Uighur texts, religious and cultural influences, alphabets used in Uighur texts, manuscript types (handwritten, block print, stone inscriptions), distinctive features between Uighur and Orkhon Turkic, relationship between Uighur and Karakhanid Turkish, emergence of Karakhanid Turkish as the first Islamic Turkic literary language, its historical background and works (e.g. Divanü Lügati’t-Türk, Kutadgu Bilig, Atebetü’l-Hakayık, Rylands Quran Translation), distinguishing phonological and morphological features.
TUDE 105 Turkish of Turkey I
The position and boundaries of Turkey Turkish in the history of the Turkish language, sounds and speech organs, Turkish phonemes and their classification, consonants and their features in Turkish, sound events related to consonants and evaluation of words in this context, vocabulary studies based on phonetic analysis and phonological changes.
TUDE 107 Introduction to Classical Turkish Literature I
A general overview of the historical development of Turkish literature; periods of Turkish literature, names given to Classical Turkish literature, origin and development of aruz meter, syllable types in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, aruz defects (e.g. vasl, imale, med, zihaf, kasr, sekt-i melih), aruz meters and rhythms; practice with aruz meter. Literary terminology: literature, rhyme, repeated rhyme, verse, prose, line, couplet; manuscript-related terminology: copy, copyist, copying record, author copy, critical edition. Verse forms built with couplets, verse forms built with stanzas, classical verse types, sources of Classical Turkish Literature: Divans, anthologies (tezkires), histories, necrologies, historical and mythological figures and events, couplet analysis exercises.
TUDE 109 Introduction to Modern Turkish Literature I
General information on the genres of novel, short story, and theater. Emergence of the Turkish novel: Hançerli Hanım Hikâye-i Garibesi, İntibah (Namık Kemal), Sergüzeşt (Sami Paşazade Sezai), Westernization in Turkish novel: Felâtun Bey ile Râkım Efendi (Ahmet Mithat), Araba Sevdası (Recaizâde Mahmut Ekrem), Karabibik (Nabizâde Nazım). History of Turkish theater and early works: Şair Evlenmesi (Şinasi), Vatan Yahut Silistre (Namık Kemal), Çok Bilen Çok Yanılır (Recaizâde Mahmut Ekrem).
TUDE 111 Introduction to Turkish Folk Literature I
What is literature? Branches of Turkish Literature, sections and sources of folk literature, general features of folk literature, anonymous folk literature and religious mystic literature, minstrel literature, Turkish folklore and its academic branches and history, fieldwork methods in Turkish folklore, analysis of Turkish folk literature in terms of form, genre, and content, introduction to forms such as mani and koşma.
TUDE 113 Introduction to Turkology and Turkic Tribes
Definition, scope, and fields of Turkology; history and development of Turkology and contributions of Turkologists and their works; fundamental issues in Turkology, distribution of Turkic tribes around the world today.
TURK 101 Turkish I: Written Expression
Basic features of written language and communication, key differences between written and spoken language. Expression: written and oral; subjective and objective narration; paragraph and types (introduction-body-conclusion). Definition and types of texts (informative, literary); conditions of textuality (cohesion, coherence, intentionality, acceptability, situationality, informativeness, intertextuality). Written expression (free and planned composition writing); planning steps (topic selection, limitation, purpose, perspective, identifying main and supporting ideas, writing plan, formatting). Informative texts (petitions, letters, news articles, decisions, announcements, reports, official and scientific writings); theoretical framework, examples, and writing exercises. Summarizing and outlining a text; correcting language and expression errors in written exercises.
EFL 101 Foreign Language I
This course is designed to enable university students to use reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills effectively in various academic activities related to their field. By creating engaging contexts and providing exercises that improve fluency, the course aims to develop students’ linguistic and communicative competence and increase their foreign language proficiency.
TAR 101 Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I
Concepts, definitions, teaching methods, and source materials; the Industrial and French Revolutions; the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century; Tanzimat and Islahat Edicts; the First and Second Constitutional Eras; the Tripoli and Balkan Wars; World War I; the Armistice of Mudros; Wilson Principles; Paris Conference; Mustafa Kemal’s landing in Samsun and the situation in Anatolia; Amasya Circular; national congresses; opening of the Ottoman Parliament; establishment of the Grand National Assembly; internal rebellions; the Law on Fundamental Organization; formation of a regular army; First and Second Battles of İnönü, Battles of Kütahya-Eskişehir, Sakarya, and the Great Offensive; treaties during the War of Independence; Treaty of Lausanne; abolition of the Sultanate.
BIL 103 Computer I
Basic concepts related to information technologies, hardware and software, general overview of operating systems, word processing programs, spreadsheet applications, data presentation, use of the internet in education, social impacts of information technologies, and their role in education, information system security, and related ethical issues.
TUDE 102 Ottoman Turkish II
Persian elements in Ottoman Turkish, numbers, days, months, "vav-ı ma'dûle", structure of Persian words, derivational suffixes from nouns and verbs in Persian, compound adjectives and adverbs, noun and adjective phrases, agreement in adjective phrases, coordination phrases, idiomatic expressions, compound nouns and adjectives, syntactic usage of Persian compounds.
TUDE 104 History of the Turkish Language II
Introduction and analysis of works from the Khwarezm period and its features, Kipchak Turkish works and period characteristics, emergence of Western Turkish, discussions on mixed-language texts, Old Anatolian Turkish texts and features, Ottoman Turkish texts and their analysis, Chagatai Turkish and its works, efforts for simplification in Anatolian Turkish, language ideologies of the Tanzimat, Servet-i Fünun, and National Literature periods, language reforms in the Republican era, alphabet reform, Turkish Language Association and its activities, primary sources such as Söz Derleme Dergisi, Tarama Dergisi, Derleme Sözlüğü, Tarama Sözlüğü, Türkçe Sözlük, term dictionaries, periodicals, classifications of Turkic dialects (Talat Tekin, Lars Johanson), and contemporary Turkic dialects.
TUDE 106 Turkish of Turkey II
Grammatical elements of Turkish morphology: suffixes (derivational and inflectional), roots (noun and verb roots), stems, parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, interjection, verbals) and their functions; applied exercises using historical and modern literary texts.
TUDE 108 Introduction to Classical Turkish Literature II
Definition and classification of literary devices; figures of speech such as simile, metaphor, metonymy, irony, personification, and speaking objects; semantic and phonetic literary devices; letter-based wordplays such as acrostics, lipograms (texts without certain letters), palindromes; poetic chronograms, calculating dates with the abjad system.
TUDE 110 Introduction to Modern Turkish Literature II
General evaluation of the social, political, and cultural features of the Tanzimat period; Tanzimat and Islahat Edicts; educational institutions; changes and innovations; journalism in the Tanzimat period and its impact on society and culture. General information about poetry as a literary genre and its elements; Tanzimat era poetry: works and influence of Şinasi, Namık Kemal, Ziya Pasha, Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem, Abdülhak Hamit, and Muallim Naci.
TUDE 112 Anonymous Turkish Folk Poetry
General features of anonymous folk literature, introduction and explanation of genres such as türkü (folk song), ağıt (lament), ninni (lullaby), use of aruz meter in folk poetry, explanation of mystical themes in folk poetry, introduction to literary forms such as riddles, proverbs, and idioms.
TUDE 114 Turkish Language and Literature Bibliography
Reference books in Turkology, grammar books, historical works of Turkish literature; sources published in Turkey and abroad; practical library research and how to use these sources effectively.
TURK 102 Turkish II: Oral Expression
Basic features of spoken language and oral communication. Oral expression and speaking skills (using natural and body language); principles of effective speech; characteristics of a good speaker (intonation, stress, pause, diction). Impromptu and prepared speech; stages of prepared speech (topic selection and limitation, purpose, point of view, main and supporting ideas, planning, writing, presentation). Types of oral communication (conversation, interview, self-introduction, answering questions, celebration speeches, giving directions, phone conversations, job interviews, media talks, participation in cultural/artistic events). Practice in impromptu speaking and correcting language and expression errors in speech.
TAR 102 Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II
Political reforms, political parties, attempts at multi-party democracy, legal reforms, regulation of social life, economic reforms, Turkish foreign policy between 1923–1938, post-Atatürk foreign policy, principles of the Turkish Revolution: Republicanism, Populism, Secularism, Reformism, Statism, Nationalism. Complementary principles.
EFL 102 Foreign Language II
This course aims to raise the students’ language proficiency gained in “Foreign Language I” to a higher level. Emphasis is placed on creating engaging contexts, fluency-enhancing exercises, and real-life communicative tasks to develop linguistic and communicative skills.
BIL 104 Computer II
Basic concepts of computer-assisted education, its components, theoretical foundations, benefits and limitations, application methods, common formats used in instructional software, evaluation and selection of educational software, distance education practices, database applications, negative effects of computers and the internet on children/youth and ways to prevent them.
TUDE 201 Anonymous Turkish Folk Prose I
Origin and development of prose genres in Turkish folk literature; introduction and analysis of the myth genre and examples; epic genre and examples; introduction to The Book of Dede Korkut and analysis of selected texts; legend genre and examples; fairy tale genre and related examples.
TUDE 203 – Old Turkish I
Definition and scope of terms such as Old Turkish, Orkhon Turkish (Köktürkçe), and Uighur Turkish; general characteristics of the period; the First and Second Eastern Turkic (Göktürk) Khanates (their ruling periods, geography, political and administrative structures, communities forming the khanates, and belief systems); discovery of the Orkhon inscriptions and studies related to them; an overview of studies on Old Turkish; sources related to Old Turkish and Orkhon Turkish. Analysis of the Orkhon Turkish language (phonetics, morphology, vocabulary, and syntax) based on lines from the Kültigin (South side), Tonyukuk, Čoyr, Kül Tigin, and Ongin inscriptions; examination of the alphabet used in writing and theories regarding its origins.
TUDE 205 – Old Anatolian Turkish I
The place of Old Anatolian Turkish in the history of the Turkish language; its formation and introduction to the sources of the Old Anatolian Turkish period; orthographic and spelling characteristics; general assessment of phonological features. Phonological and morphological analyses of selected texts (Mantıku’t-Tayr, Kelile and Dimne Translation, Garib-name, Dede Korkut).
TUDE 207 – Turkish of Turkey III
General evaluation of the vocabulary of Turkish; overview of parts of speech. Detailed study of nouns, their properties, and inflectional suffixes; adjectives, pronouns, adverbs and their identification within a text. Study of verbs and their properties; verb inflection, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections, and the identification of these elements within texts.
TUDE 209 – Ottoman Turkish III
General information on Ottoman Turkish and proficiency assessments for understanding Ottoman texts. Introduction to Arabic grammar: Arabic word patterns (wazn), application of wazn in text analysis, gender and number distinctions (quality and quantity), prepositions (ḥarf-i cer), conjunctions (rābıṭa), and Arabic phrase structures (compound constructions).
TUDE 211 – Modern Turkish Literature I
Overview of social, cultural, and political factors that prepared the ground for the Servet-i Fünûn literary movement. Literary debates during the Servet-i Fünûn era; analysis of poetry from this period, with a focus on Tevfik Fikret and Cenap Şahabettin. The role of the movement in the Westernization of Turkish poetry.
TUDE 213 – Classical Turkish Literature I
Pre-Islamic Turkish literature; features and sources of Turkish literature influenced by Islamic culture. Overview of Islamic sciences, literature from the Karakhanid period, analysis of works such as Kutadgu Bilig, Divanü Lügati’t-Türk, Atabetü’l-Hakayık, and others. Introduction to early Turkish mysticism and major Sufi poets such as Ahmed Yesevî, Hacı Bektaş-ı Velî, Rumi, Sultan Veled, Yunus Emre, Ahmed Fakih, and Şeyyâd Hamza. Examination of literary personalities and works from the 14th century in various Turkish literary spheres (Central Asia, Anatolia, Azerbaijan).
TUDE 215 – Textual Analysis I
Theoretical background of novel and short story analysis. Classification of novels, emergence of the novel in the West, its introduction to Turkish literature through translations, and how Westernization is reflected in novels. Analytical readings from different periods (Tanzimat, Servet-i Fünun, Second Constitutional Era, Republican era). Selected works: Felatun Bey ile Rakım Efendi, Taşşuk-ı Talat ve Fitnat, Araba Sevdası, Mai ve Siyah, Aşk-ı Memnu, Fatih-Harbiye, Huzur, Kuyucaklı Yusuf, Bir Düğün Gecesi, and examples of postmodern literature like Kara Kitap and Yeni Hayat.
TUDE 217 – Literary Movements
Definition of literary movements; reasons behind the emergence of literary movements in the West. Characteristics, history, and leading figures of Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, and Parnassianism. Analysis of selected texts representing each movement and critical evaluations.
Elective Courses
TUDE 219 – General Linguistics
Introduction to the concept of linguistics and its core principles. Overview of Saussure and structuralism, European (Prague School) and American structuralism, discourse theory, and semiotics. Presentation of major linguists such as Martinet, Bloomfield, Harris, Hjelmslev, and Chomsky. Descriptive and pragmatic analysis of language use.
TUDE 221 – World Literatures
Overview of global literary periods: Classical-Romantic period, Realist-Naturalist period, Surrealism, New Literature, Existentialism, and Postmodern period. Key characteristics and representatives of each period.
TUDE 202 – Anonymous Turkish Folk Prose II
Introduction to folk stories and anecdotes through textual analysis. Exploration of traditional performance arts such as Karagöz (shadow puppetry), puppet theatre, improvisational theater (ortaoyunu), storytelling (meddah), and rural plays.
TUDE 204 – Old Turkish II
Overview of the Uighurs (reign, geography, political structure, belief systems); alphabets used by Uighurs; phonological and morphological features of Uighur Turkish. Examination of Uighur Buddhist texts (Altun Yaruk, The Tale of the Good and Evil Prince), Buddhist poetry, and secular texts.
TUDE 206 – Old Anatolian Turkish II
Phonological, morphological, and syntactic analysis of selected texts (Çeng-name, Har-name, Yusuf and Zulaikha, Süheyl and Nevbahar, Dede Korkut).
TUDE 208 – Turkish of Turkey IV
Introduction to Turkish sentence structures and sentence ordering. Detailed discussion of phrase groups, sentence elements, and their functions, with sentence analysis exercises on literary texts.
TUDE 210 – Ottoman Turkish IV
Types of Arabic nouns: original and derived, verbal nouns (masdars), triliteral and quadriliteral root patterns, active and passive participles, intensive adjectives, comparative and superlative forms, time/place/instrument nouns, derived infinitives. Application through reading and analysis of texts.
TUDE 212 – Modern Turkish Literature II
General introduction to the prose and novels of the Servet-i Fünûn era. Definitions of Romantic and Realist schools. Detailed study of Mai ve Siyah and Aşk-ı Memnu by Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil, an evaluation of his novelistic style. Study of Eylül by Mehmet Rauf and evaluation of novels and novelists from the period.
TUDE 214 – Classical Turkish Literature II
15th-century Turkish literature across different literary zones (Chagatai, Azerbaijani, Anatolian). Introduction to poets such as Ali Şir Nevâî, Lutfî, Sultan Hüseyin Baykara; examination of court poets (e.g. Avnî, Cem Sultan); and female poets (Zeynep Hatun, Mihrî). Analysis of their poetic identities and selected works. Overview of mesnevis and prose texts of the era.
TUDE 216 – Textual Analysis II
Definition and characteristics of poetry; distinguishing poetry from other forms of art and writing. Concepts such as metaphor, metonymy, imagery, sound values, and types of poetry illustrated through selected examples.
TUDE 218 – Literary Movements II
The Symbolist movement: causes, history, leading representatives, and features; analysis of representative poems. Surrealism: emergence, history, key figures, and representative texts. Modernist and postmodernist novels: their characteristics, techniques, and literary implications. Textual analysis of representative modernist and postmodern works.
Compulsory Courses
TUDE 220: Current Issues in Turkish Language
This course focuses on the political, economic, cultural, and other factors that facilitate language interaction. It discusses the relationships between Turks and neighboring nations, the vocabulary transferred from other languages to Turkish, the words Turkish has given to other languages, and the influence of Western languages on Turkish after the Tanzimat period. A general evaluation is also provided.
TUDE 222: Comparative Literature
This course introduces the boundaries, functions, and importance of comparative literature as a scientific field. It covers the development of comparative literature both domestically and internationally, its methodology, schools, literary translation activities, influence studies, and the position of comparative literature in the face of developing technology. The course also aims to teach the basic terminology necessary for studying literature.
TUDE 301: Ashik Literature
This course examines the Ashik tradition and Ashik literature, the factors that prepared the Ashik literature, its formation and development in Anatolia, the origins and formation of the Ashik tradition, the socio-cultural conditions that constitute the Ashik tradition, the social environments in which Ashiks were raised, perspectives on Ashik literature, the training of Ashiks, cultural environments, Ashik sessions, and provides examples of texts from the Ashik tradition.
TUDE 303: Karakhanid Turkish
This course introduces the works of Karakhanid Turkish, evaluates the period's works in terms of phonology, morphology, and vocabulary, examines the history of the Karakhanid period, compares Karakhanid Turkish with its predecessors and successors, provides bibliographic information, and conducts reading, transliteration, comprehension, phonology, morphology, and vocabulary studies on selected sections from the manuscripts of Kutadgu Bilig, Divanü Lügati’t-Türk, Atabetü’l-Hakayık, and the Rylands interlinear Quran translation.
TUDE 305: Masnavi in Classical Turkish Literature
This course covers the types of Masnavi, including religious-sufi masnavi, didactic masnavi, love masnavis, war masnavis, and city and social-themed masnavis. It also discusses Şehrengiz and Hicviye.
TUDE 307: Literary Knowledge and Theories I
This course introduces the definition of literature, literary terms, and the brief historical development of Turkish literature. It covers narrative forms and meters, including the aruz meter, rhyme and refrain, poetic forms and types in Divan poetry, folk poetry, and modern Turkish poetry. It also discusses literary genres such as poetry, drama, novel, history, biography, autobiography, memoir, diary, letter, travel writing, essay, article, column, critique, aphorism, and speech. The course provides an overview of literary theories, including reflectionism and narratology.
TUDE 309 Modern Turkish Literature III
This course aims to teach the political, social, cultural, and literary structure and accumulation of the Second Constitutional Era. The social, political, cultural, and literary dynamism of the Second Constitutional Era, as well as various intellectual and literary movements within this dynamism, will be evaluated. The ideas, literary perspectives, and poems of prominent literary figures who left their mark on this period—such as Ömer Seyfettin, Ali Canip Yöntem, Ziya Gökalp, and Mehmet Emin Yurdakul—will also be examined.
TUDE 311: Classical Turkish Literature III
This course aims to define the place of classical Turkish literature within the history of Turkish literature, discuss the naming of this field as "Classical Turkish Literature," provide information about its sources, and equip students with the intellectual tools necessary to understand the cultural and aesthetic world of classical Turkish literature texts in advanced classes.
TUDE 313: Contemporary Turkish Dialects I
This course includes a series of studies aimed at developing the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and analyze the similarities and differences among the groups of contemporary Turkic dialects. It also covers efforts to gain the knowledge, skills, and competence to access relevant sources about the literatures formed by these contemporary Turkic dialects using technological tools.
TUDE 315: Text Commentary I
This course introduces the prose genres developed within the history of literature, explains the characteristics of these genres with example texts, and demonstrates their development by comparing them with today's prose genres. It covers the Tezkire tradition, its emergence, Tezkire works from each century, and their stylistic features.
Elective Courses
TUDE 317: Persian I
Learning the general grammar rules of Persian. Reading and understanding the texts of the historical period, making text reading and writing applications.
TUDE 319: Arabic I
Beginner level Arabic grammar and skills: word and sentence types, muennes, mufret, musenna and jemi, nekre and marife, noun phrase and its elements, verb types and verb phrase.
TUDE 321: History of Turkish Culture
This course aims to teach students all aspects of Turkish culture, including language, history, religion, art, music, customs, and traditions, and to ensure their cultural development. It provides an overview of the political and social histories of Turkish states and societies from the past to the present, explaining their developments in culture and civilization, and aims to raise awareness and consciousness about Turkish history and culture.
TUDE 302: Ashik Literature II
Verse forms in Âşık literature, syllabic and prosodic (aruz) structures, common narrative features, modes of expression, stylistic patterns, use of literary devices in expression, major themes and subjects explored, the tradition of Âşık poetry in the present day, Âşık literature in the 16th and 17th centuries, Âşık literature in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Âşık literature in the 20th century.
TUDE 304: Khwarezm and Kipchak Turkish
This course examines the Khwarezm Turkish period in Turkish language history, its works, phonological, morphological, and vocabulary features, distinctive characteristics from other periods, bibliographic information, and conducts reading, phonological, morphological, and vocabulary studies on selected texts, comparing them with previous periods. It also covers Kipchak Turkish, its works, phonological, morphological, and vocabulary features, distinctive characteristics from other periods, bibliographic information, and conducts reading, phonological, morphological, and vocabulary studies on selected texts, comparing them with previous periods, including Armenian Kipchak.
TUDE 306: Turkish Theater Literature
This course aims to teach concepts related to drama, discuss the importance of drama, and explore its use in education. It covers planning the content of drama, applying drama in different environments, evaluating drama activities, and discussing the role of the teacher in drama. The goal is to enable students to facilitate Turkish language learning for children through drama in primary and secondary education Turkish lessons, creating an enjoyable environment.
TUDE 308: Literary Knowledge and Theories II
This course explains the periods in Turkish literature from its beginning to the present, clarifies fundamental concepts related to language and literature, and examines the formal and structural characteristics of literary genres in Turkish literature, including poetic forms such as meter, rhyme, and refrain. It also discusses literary arts, literary movements, and the formation of world literatures, providing an overview of the history of Turkish language and literature.
TUDE 310: Modern Turkish Literature IV
This course aims to teach the political, social, cultural, and literary structure and accumulation of the Second Constitutional Era. The course will focus on the social, political, cultural, and literary dynamism of the period, with particular emphasis on the National Literature movement and the novels written by authors associated with this movement.
TUDE 312: Classical Turkish Literature IV
This course aims to define the place of classical Turkish literature within the history of Turkish literature, discuss the naming of this field as "Classical Turkish Literature," provide information about its sources, and equip students with the intellectual tools necessary to understand the cultural and aesthetic world of classical Turkish literature texts in advanced classes.
TUDE 314: Contemporary Turkish Dialects II
This course comprises a series of studies aimed at developing the knowledge and skills to identify and analyze the similarities and differences among the groups of contemporary Turkic dialects. It also includes efforts to gain the knowledge, skills, and competence to access relevant sources about the literatures formed by these contemporary Turkic dialects through the use of technological tools.
TUDE 316: Text Commentary II
This course aims to teach the fundamental knowledge required to understand and interpret Divan literature texts. It focuses on comprehending classical Turkish literature poetic texts, identifying their metaphors, relating them to the period, events, and individuals, recognizing literary devices, and developing the ability to analyze and interpret these texts.
Elective Courses
TUDE 318 Persian II
To teach students the phonetic and morphological features of Persian.
TUDE 320 Arabic II
Transforming sentences into question form in Arabic, Ism-i signs, Ism-i mawsul, Ism-i Mensub, Types of news in noun sentences, kane and similar prepositions, inne and similar prepositions, Mufred and sentence adjectives, Esmaül-hamse, Temyiz, Numbers; Numbers, use of verbs with pronouns, translation of verbs into unknown structure, Adverbs of time, Adverbs of space, Use of state adverbs in the sentence, Exception style in Arabic, Attribution, Nefy.
TUDE 322 History of Turkish Civilization
To teach students language, history, religion, art, art, music, customs and traditions and all aspects of culture and to ensure their acculturation. To outline the political and social history of Turkish states and societies from the past to the present; to explain the developments of Turkish states and societies in the field of culture and civilization; to give students an overview and awareness of Turkish History and Culture.
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The course aims to teach students all aspects of culture including language, history, religion, art, music, customs, and traditions, and to foster their cultural development. It provides an outline of the political and social history of Turkish states and societies from the past to the present; explains the developments of Turkish states and societies in culture and civilization; and gives students a general overview and awareness of Turkish history and culture.
TUDE 401 Religious and Mystical Turkish Folk Literature
To comprehend the scope of religious and mystical Turkish folk literature and the forms and contents of its genres. To teach and provide basic knowledge about mysticism, the main features of Turkish mystical literature, its sources, important representatives, and works.
TUDE 403 Criticism in Contemporary Turkish Literature
Transition from impressionist criticism to objective criticism in Contemporary Turkish Literature. Evaluations on Bines (scientific-objective criticism) and theoretical criticism, poetry criticism and critics, different critical methods, multidisciplinary approaches (philosophy-psychoanalysis etc.) novel criticism and critics.
TUDE 405 Chagatai Turkish
This course covers the Chagatai Turkish period in the history of the Turkish language, the works from this period, phonological, morphological, and lexical characteristics of the period, distinguishing features from other periods, bibliographic information, reading selected texts, and examining phonology, morphology, and vocabulary; comparisons with previous periods.
TUDE 407 New Turkish Literature V
The aim of this course is to teach the poetic dimension of the literary movements that occurred in Turkish poetry from the 1920s to the 1980s. It covers the historical framework and general characteristics of Republican Period Turkish Literature, key representatives of Turkish poetry during this period, the concept of poetics, and the introduction of poets who produced the first poetic manifestos of the Republic. The course also aims to analyze the historical stages of Turkish literature from cultural and social perspectives and to help students understand the developments reached during the Republican era.
TUDE 409 Old Turkish Literature V
The course covers the lives, literary personalities, works, and selected poems of prominent 18th-century poets such as Osmanzâde Tâib, Seyyid Vehbî, and Kâmî; Arpaeminizâde Sâmi, İzzet Paşa, and Nahîfî; İsmâil Beliğ, Haşmet, and Fıtnat. It continues with figures such as Neş’et, Sünbülzâde Vehbî, Kânî, Koca Râgıb Paşa, and Enderunlu Fâzıl. The life, literary identity, works, and poetry of Şeyh Gâlib are examined in detail, including his famous mathnawi Hüsn ü Aşk. The course also covers 18th-century mathnawis and prose works For the 19th century, the course explores the general features of Classical Turkish Literature during this period. It includes the lives, literary personalities, works, and selected poems of Leskofçalı Gâlib, Enderunlu Vâsıf, Keçecizâde İzzet Molla, and Aynî; as well as Osman Şems and Yenişehirli Avnî. The course also studies Şeyhülislâm Ârif Hikmet’s life, literary personality, works, and poetry, alongside female poets Leylâ Hanım and Şeref Hanım. In addition, it reviews 19th-century mathnawis and prose works.
TUDE 411 Comparative Turkic World Literatures I
The main aim of this course is to provide students with an understanding of comparative literature theories and to help them grasp the mutual influences among the literatures of the Turkic world through comparative analysis. The course also aims to identify the primary sources that nourish shared cultural elements. To achieve this, students will be introduced to influential authors in the Turkic world, from the Orkhon Inscriptions (Göktürk Inscriptions) to the present day.
TUDE 413 Scientific Research I
This course covers fundamental concepts of science such as fact, knowledge, absolute, truth, falsehood, and universal knowledge. It includes basic information about the history of science, the structure of scientific research, and scientific methods, along with differing perspectives on these methods. Topics include defining a research problem, designing a research model, population and sampling, data collection and data collection methods (quantitative and qualitative techniques), as well as recording, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data.
TUDE 402 Turkish Folklore
To comprehend the scope and content of Turkish folklore. To teach and provide basic knowledge about the main features, sources, and important representatives of Turkish folklore. To train cultural scientists who examine, interpret, and propose solutions to the socio-cultural problems of society by analyzing folklore and culture from various perspectives.
TUDE 404 Currents in Contemporary Turkish Literature
To recognize contemporary Turkish poets and analyze their poems. To provide the opportunity and ground to comprehend the importance of the place of Turkish Literature in world literature with its past and present.
TUDE 406 Western Turkish Dialects
The Turkish language has been classified according to phonetic features, tribe and ethnic names, and their geographical locations. The term Western Turkish refers to the Oghuz Turks who migrated from Central Asia to the west. Within Western Turkish are Turkish dialects such as Anatolian Turkish, Turkmen Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish, and Gagauz Turkish. Moreover, even within Anatolian Turkish spoken only in Anatolia, there are dialects with distinct Turkish dialect characteristics. According to dialect features, these geographical areas are divided into regions such as Eastern Anatolia Dialects, Black Sea Dialects, Aegean and Mediterranean Region Dialects, etc. This course will discuss dialect classification, dialect studies and collections, grammars related to dialects, and literary genres connected to dialect studies.
TUDE 408 Modern Turkish Literature VI
This course aims to teach part of the literary developments in the Turkish novel from the 1920s to the 1980s. It examines the historical framework and general characteristics of Republican Period Turkish Literature, introduces key figures in Turkish novel and short story writing during this era, and analyzes the historical stages Turkish literature has undergone from cultural and social perspectives to help students understand the progress achieved in the Republican period.
TUDE 410 Classical Turkish Literature VI
This course focuses on prose in Classical Turkish Literature and its features, including types of prose works. It covers religious prose such as interpretations (tafsir), hadith collections, creed (aqidah), Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), as well as notable works like Sinan Paşa’s Tazarruât, Tezkiretü’l-Evliyâ, Maktel-i Hüseyin, Siyar, and Qisas al-Anbiya. It includes Ahmed-i Dâî’s Miftâhü’l-Cenne, biographical anthologies (tezkire) and their features, with sample texts from Latifî and Sehî Bey. The course also covers Münşeat and selected letter texts, hagiographies (Menâkıbnâme) including samples from Menâkıb-ı Akşemseddin, travelogues such as Evliyâ Çelebi’s Seyahatnâme, fictional prose stories with examples from Mühayyelât (e.g., the story of Recep Peşe), and historical texts including excerpts from Âşık Paşa’s Tevârih-i Âl-i Osman.
TUDE 412 Comparative Literatures of the Turkic World II
This course aims to develop an understanding of comparative literature theories and to explore the mutual influences among the literatures of the Turkic world. It also focuses on identifying the main cultural sources that nourish these literatures. To this end, the course examines the ideas, linguistic and literary views of important intellectuals such as Ismail Gasprinski, Hüseyinzade Ali Turan, Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Yusuf Akçura, and Sultan Galiyev, and evaluates the impact of their views on Turkish thinkers such as Ziya Gökalp, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, and Ahmet Hikmet Müftüoğlu.
TUDE 414 Scientific Research II
This course focuses on understanding scientific methods in the context of language and literature research. It includes reviewing research materials in accordance with the intended purpose of the study, and applying appropriate scientific methods to literary and linguistic investigations.
The aim of the Department of Turkish Language and Literature is to educate qualified specialists and researchers in line with the core objectives of Turkish higher education. These individuals are expected to be knowledgeable about the structure and development of the Turkish language; the periods, figures, works, and characteristics of Turkish literature; and aspects of Turkish culture. The program also seeks to cultivate individuals who are aware of their national culture, open to universal values, capable of creative thinking, equipped with research methods and work discipline, and able to develop effective solutions.
Graduates of the Turkish Language and Literature program are awarded the title of “Turkologist.” They can work in libraries, archives, the Ministry of Culture, or Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT). They may also serve as lecturers at higher education institutions or, if they obtain a teaching certificate, work as teachers in secondary schools. Those with special talents can pursue careers as writers or editors in newspapers and magazines. While most graduates take on educational roles, some also find opportunities in the literary field as authors.
Moreover, graduates who complete master's and doctoral studies can continue their academic careers as faculty members in related departments at universities.
1. To know the development and history of Turkish Language and Literature from the beginning to the present day
2. To have the basic knowledge and skills to conduct research and study in the field of Turkish Language and Literature.
3. To be able to use Turkish in the most beautiful way and to gain the ability to express oneself
4. To have a developed sensitivity and taste in language and literature.
5. To have the knowledge and skills of reading, writing and understanding literary texts written in old letters.
6. To know historical and contemporary Turkish dialects and dialects at a basic level.
7. To know the basic grammatical features of Turkish dialects and to be able to do research in this field.
8. To be able to compile and research in the field of folklore.
9. To have access to texts related to narrative-based genres in Turkish Folk Literature and to have knowledge.
10. To have the basic knowledge and skills to conduct research and study at academic level in the field of Turkish Language and Literature.
11. To have the ability to access information about Turkish Language and Literature by using the internet and libraries.
12. To have the knowledge and ability to conduct research projects related to Turkish Language and Literature.
13. To be aware of the necessity of lifelong learning.
14. To gain scientific ethics and responsibility awareness.
15. To know a sufficient level of foreign language to follow foreign language publications in the field of Turkish Language and Literature.
Faculty of Humanities, in Turkish Language and Literature (247 ECTS).
In order to complete the undergraduate program, Turkish Language and Literature undergraduate program students are required to take 74 courses.
Students who successfully complete the program must not have received a grade of "F" in any course.
Graduating students can receive their diplomas provided that they have completed at least 174 credits and have a GPA of 2.00 or higher.
They can work in libraries, archives, the Ministry of Culture, TRT, they can work as “lecturers” in higher education institutions, and those with a teaching certificate can become “teachers” in secondary schools. Those with special talents can work as “clerks” and “editors” in newspapers and magazines. Most of the graduates work as educators and some of them have the opportunity to find a job as writers. In addition, those who complete their master's and doctorate degrees can continue their academic studies as faculty members in the relevant departments of universities.
Graduates of the Turkish Language and Literature program are given the title of “Turkologist”. They can work in libraries, archives, Ministry of Culture, TRT, they can work as “lecturers” in higher education institutions, those who have a teaching certificate can become “teachers” in secondary schools. Those with special skills can work as “clerks” and “editors” in newspapers and magazines. Most of the graduates work as educators and some of them have the opportunity to find a job as writers. In addition, those who complete their master's and doctorate degrees can continue their academic studies as faculty members in the relevant departments of universities.
The Faculty of Humanities emphasizes the importance of using modern concepts and techniques alongside the traditional methods used in the teaching and learning of Turkish Language and Literature. Class attendance at the Faculty of Humanities is compulsory for all courses except graduation projects. Various teaching methods are used depending on the course and the instructor. At least 75 percent attendance is expected in all courses.
To graduate from the undergraduate programs of our faculty, students are required to meet the following conditions:
1.Credit Load and Course Completion:
Students must successfully complete all required and elective courses specified in their program and fulfill a minimum course load of 174 credits.
2.Grade Point Average (GPA):
To graduate, students must have a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.00 or higher on a 4.00 scale.
3.Disciplinary and Financial Obligations:
Students must not have any disciplinary penalties that would result in dismissal from the university and must have fulfilled all financial and administrative obligations before graduation procedures.