Courses

The concept of “text”, the evaluation of the structure of texts, differentiating texts based on the criteria of textuality. Types of texts and ways of analyzing texts.

Scientific Preparation Courses

The purpose of the course is to create a consciousness about the main subjects and concepts of the field of Turkish Language and Literature. To this end, the students are introduced to the concepts of language and literature, the differences between oral and written cultures, the history of philological studies in the world and in Turkey, the development of Turkish language and literature, as well as the five main disciplines of the area (Ottoman-Turkish literature, Modern Turkish Literature, Modern Turkish Language and Folk Literature)

Main Courses of the Program

The scripts of the Ottoman Turkish and transcription are introduced. The writing of Turkish vowels and consonants, letters that are not from Turkish origin, the inflexional suffix and derivational suffix in Turkish, the words whose grammar have been standardized, the introduction to Arabic and Persian elements in the Ottoman Turkish. Practices to read Ottoman Turkish texts from Ottoman script.

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Proficiency Complementary Courses

The phonology of language, morphology, syntax and semantics aspects are analyzed and interdisciplinary issues discussed in the course.

Scientific Preparation Courses

Proficiency Complementary Courses

The elements of Turkish, Arabic and Persian, the three languages that form the Ottoman Turkish are studied and Ottoman Turkish texts are read.

Main Courses of the Program

Proficiency Complementary Courses

Aiming at the interpretation of texts, genres and characteristics of classical Turkish literature are introduced. Aruz prosody, metaphor, verbal and semantic arts are analyzed over sample texts.

Main Courses of the Program

The introduction of Divan poetry which developed from Arabic and Persian sources.The historical background and characteristics of the beginning of Divan poetry are explained through sample poems.

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The periods of Turkish language and the definition of the Old Turkish period.

The reading, analysis and interpretation of the Orkhon Inscriptions, namely Bilge Kagan, Kültegin and Tonyukuk inscriptions.

The history, culture and belief system of the Uyghur period. The alphabet used in the Uyghur period, the characteristics of the Uyghur language. The reading, analysis and interpretation of the Uyghur Buddhist texts.

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Historical texts printed in the Ottoman script in the 19th and 20th centuries and the linguistic elements of these texts are studied. Reading exercises so as to develop skills of fast reading of historical texts.

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Proficiency Complementary Courses

The definition of the name of Chagatay and the Chagatay Khanate. The periods of Chagatay Turkish; literary representatives and significant texts of the Chagatay Turkish and especially Nevai and his texts. The alphabet, phonology, morphology and syntax of Chagatay Turkish.

Main Courses of the Program

The writers, original and translation texts of the Old Anatolian Turkish era. The characteristics of the era, studies on phonology and morphology. Reading and linguistic analysis of hand written texts.

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The development of prose in Arabic and Persian sources. First examples in Anatolian region. The development of plain, medium and ornate prose. The explanation of the characteristics of prose genres and comparative studies on texts that are typical of various periods.

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Reading of historical texts written or published in the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Linguistic study of these texts. Reading exercises so as to develop skills of fast reading of historical texts. In addition, the study of linguistic characteristics of the texts.

Main Courses of the Program

Creating an awareness on theoretical approaches to literature as well as the history and development of literary theories from the Poetics of Aristoteles in the ancient times, and the 19th-20th century approaches. Purely literary theories and the insight derived from other disciplines such as sociology, history, psychology are included. Theory of mimesis, social realism, Marxist aesthetics, new historicism, formalism, reception theory, intertextuality, structuralism and phenomenology are studied with a focus on their main concepts.

Specialization Courses of the Program

The history and main concepts of comparative literature; the schools of comparative literature and such controversial topics like the analogy of nation, national literature, mother tongue, transnational literary studies, terminology, theory and methodology). The comparison of folk literature and mythology as well as new approaches to comparative literature will also be discussed.

Specialization Courses of the Program

The general characteristics of Turkish Folk Literature texts, syllable prosody (hece vezni), general characteristics of Turkish Folk Literature in the course of history, Aruz prosody in Turkish Folk Literature. The interpretation of Turkish Folk Literature texts.

The changes within the genres of Turkish Folk Literature through the course of history in various centuries. The study of emerging new genres of folk poetry, as a consequence of social change.

Main Courses of the Program

Defining Middle Turkish period; Interpretation of the history, culture and belief systems of Karakhanids and Khwarezms; Reading, analyzing and interpreting Kutadgu Bilig, Divanü Lügati’t Türk and Divan-ı Hikmet as Middle Turkish scope; Distinguishing the different aspects on phonetics, morphology and syntax knowledge of today's Turkish and Middle Turkish.

Main Courses of the Program

Definition of language; languages used around the world; basic concepts related to Turkish phonetic; the place of Turkish language among world languages; historical periods of Turkish language; phonetic changes in Turkish language; phonetic events; phonetic structure of syllable and words; and phonetic tendencies in Modern Turkish

Main Courses of the Program

Proficiency Complementary Courses

Explanation of the importance of the metaphors and the figures of speech in text commentary. Explanation of the importance of talmihs (stories of prophets, of important religious figures, and of mythological and local heroes) in text commentary. Studies on sample texts of various periods.

Main Courses of the Program

The literary representations of the interactions between the philosophical and everyday practices of modern Europe and the Ottoman culture. New literary genres and formal pursuits. The formation of the Modern Turkish Literature, and its pioneers, 1st and 2nd generation writers of Tanzimat Era, The Period of Intermediate Generation, Servet-i Fünûn Literature, discussions about old and new literature, Fecr-i Âti Period, concepts related to national and nationalistic literature, analysis of National Literature Period in historical and literary terms, development and emergence of different genres as well as analysis of prominent texts in literary history.

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The development of the idea of Sufism in Arabic and Persian sources, The development of Sufism in Central Asia and the definition of the characteristic features of the starting process of sufi ideas in Anatolia,

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Analyses of phrases and sentences, sentence types and structures. The semantic evaluation of the Turkish language, meaning in sentence and word, metaphor and metonymy.

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Fundamental narrative modes and basic principles in written communication. The components of language, rhythm and composition. Studying several types of texts such as short story, short film and cinema texts, in terms of technical, aesthetic and creative writing processes. Contributing to the students’ improving their writing skills, writing plainly and thinking on writing.

Specialization Courses of the Program

Proficiency Complementary Courses

Groups of words and syntax; basic features of the Turkish sentences and word groups; the structure and types of phrases; using the phrases in sentences; the structure of Turkish sentences and types or elements of Turkish syntax.

Specialization Courses of the Program

General features of prose. Novel and story genres during the early years of the Republic. Changes in novel and short story during the new political and economic conditions of the 1950s and after 1980. Village novels, modern and post-modern novels, essays, memories and interviews.

Specialization Courses of the Program

The emergence and the definitions of the concept of the Turkic World. The political history of the Turks of Russia, the history of Golden Horde, Kazan, Crimea Khanates, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kirgiz, Uzbek and Turkmens and samples from their literary texts.

Specialization Courses of the Program

Definition of the concept of the modern. Social and literary modernism. The characteristics of the modern society, pre-modern literature, the formation of the modern literature, novelties in literature, autonomous text, originality and freedom, theme, language and style in modernist texts. Change of genres, modernism, Charles Baudelaire as a pioneer of modernism, 19th century modernist, modernization in Turkish literature. II. New poetry movement and modernism.

Specialization Courses of the Program

Periods, trends and individual poets in modern Turkish poetry from 1923 onwards.

Yahya Kemal and Ahmet Haşim as watershed figures between tradition and modernism. Garip movement and Second New poets Ahmet Haşim, Yahya Kemal, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Yedi Meşaleciler. Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Garip poets: Orhan Veli, Oktay Rıfat, Melih Cevdet. Second New poets: Cemal Süreya, Özdemir Asaf, Edip Cansever, Turgut Uyar, İlhan Berk, Ece Ayhan, Hisar poets, Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Attila İlhan, Necip Fazıl, Hilmi Yavuz, Murathan Mungan. Women poets: Gülten Akın, Lale Müldür, Didem Damak, Birhan Keskin.

Specialization Courses of the Program

What is editorship and what are its areas of use? What are the functions and necessary qualifications of an editor in publishing houses? The changes expected to be done on existing material, corrections, forming a publishing policy, preparing a book for publishing, book advertising, being an editor of literature and art on periodicals.

Specialization Courses of the Program

The history of criticism in the world and in the Ottoman-Turkish literary context. Main concepts and periods of criticism: The classical, romantic, neo-classical periods. Periods in Turkish history of criticism: Tanzimat era, Servet-i Fünûn era, the Republican era. Ideological, ethical, historical aspects of criticism. Sociological, psychological, philosophical criticism. New Criticism, social and socialist criticism, postmodernist criticism and discussions on these approaches.

Specialization Courses of the Program

Proficiency Complementary Courses

Courses

TDE 111 Text Reading and Analysis 4 (2+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 121 Professional Orientation and Introduction to Turkish Language and Literature 2 (2+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 123 Introduction to Ottoman Turkish 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

ING 201 Critical Reading and Writing in English 4 (4+0+0) ECTS 4

TDE 112 Linguistics 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 6

SOS.242 Formation of the Modern World 2 (2+0+0) ECTS 6

TDE 124 Ottoman Turkish Grammar 4 (4+0+0) ECTS 4

SB 310 Non-Governmental Organizations 2 (2+0+0) ECTS 4

BİM 201 Computer Technologies Practice 3 (2+1+0) ECTS 4

TURK 101 Critical Reading and Writing in Turkish 2 (4+0+0) ECTS 4

TDE 221 Old Turkish Literature: Main Concepts 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 223 Poetry in Old Turkish Literature 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 225 Old Turkish (Gokturk-Uyghur) 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 227 Ottoman Turkish Text Analysis (19th-20th centuries) 3 (1+2+0) ECTS 5

TAR 201 Principles of Ataturk and Formation of Modern Turkey 2 (4+0+0) ECTS 4

TDE 222 Chagatay Turkish and Literature 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 224 Old Anatolian Turkish 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 226 Prose in Old Turkish Literature 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 228 Ottoman Turkish Text Analysis (15th-18th centuries) 3 (1+2+0) ECTS 5

TDE 331 Literary Theories 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 333 Comparative Literature 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 321 Culture Change and Folk Literature 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 323 Middle Period Turkish (Karakhanid-Khwarezm) 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 325 Modern Turkish Grammar I 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

İLB 105 General Communication 2 (2+0+0) ECTS 4

TDE 322 Text Commentary 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 6

TDE 324 Modern Turkish Literature in the Ottoman Empire 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 326 Sufi Literature 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 328 Modern Turkish Grammar II 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 334 Authorship 3 (2+1+0) ECTS 5

EM 305 Quality Management and Standards 2 (2+0+0) ECTS 4

TDE 431 Turkish Syntax 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 433 Prose Literature in the Republican Period 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 435 Contemporary Turkic Dialects and Literature 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 437 Modernization and Literature 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 439 Turkish Language and Literature Research Project 3 (0+3+0) ECTS 6

TDE 434 Poetry in the Literature of the Republican Period 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 436 Editorship 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 438 Criticism and Publishing in Modern Turkish Literature 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

TDE 440 Graduation Project of Turkish Language and Literature 3 (3+0+0) ECTS 5

İŞ 400 Entrepreneurship 2 (2+0+0) ECTS 4

EM 400 Project Management 2 (2+0+0) ECTS 4

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