| PO-1 | The doctoral students collect the theoretical, practical information, and texts according to the department’s special method; they interpret them and attain a synthesis by making the interdisciplinary analyses. |
| PO-2 | The students are able to grasp the historical and cultural basis of the Turkish world literature in classical period; they recognize the features of the texts’ language of this period and evaluate in terms of literary. In addition, the students recognize the scientific and sufistic works created in the collective cultural geography. |
| PO-3 | The students are able to assess the texts of the Turkish Language and Literature from the beginning until today in terms of literary and philology. |
| PO-4 | The students are able to follow the historical alphabets of the Turkish language through the original texts; they are able to make textual analysis by comparing with the texts of western and eastern literature. |
| PO-5 | The students are able to identify the schools and styles situated in classical Turkish poet. They are able to read and comment on the various texts of these schools and styles. |
| PO-6 | The students are equipped with the basic knowledge and ability to do scientific research and study in the Turkish Language and Literature at postgraduate level |
| PO-7 | The students are able to recognize the texts of the historical and modern Turkish dialects; they are able to examine these texts in terms of lexicography, etymology, semantics, phonetics, and morphology; they are able to compare these dialects with each other. |
| PO-8 | The students are able to attain the written and verbal sources based upon the scientific research methods and conduct a field study. |
| PO-9 | The students are able to confirm and classify the elements of folk culture and folkloric materials in the individual and anonymous works created as part of verbal culture. |
| PO-10 | The students find a chance to research and examine extensively the language, literature, art, and culture of the Turkish Language and Literature from the history to the present day. |
