- To teach the history of Turkology studies
- The learn the Western Turkologs
- To teach the matters of Turkology
- To study the Turkish dialects
- To classify Turkish dialects, and teach major features of dialect groups.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture, Question-Answer
Principle Sources
1. Eren, H. Türklük Bilimi Sözlüğü I, Ankara, 1996.
2. Baskakov, A.N., Vvedeniye v izuçeniye tyurkskih yazıkov, Moskva, 1969.
2. Özbek Tilining İzahli Lugati, (Red. kol.), Moskva, 1983.
Other Sources
2. Kononov, A. N. Türk Dili Araştırmaları Tarihi (Çeviren: Dr. Kenan Koç), Multilingual Yay., İstanbul 2006.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
The theory of Altaic Languages, Turkology as a discipline, definition, and history of Turkology
Lecture, Question-Answer
2. Week
Turkish-Mongolian language affinity
Lecture, Question-Answer
3. Week
Turkology Studies in the West and in Russia
Lecture, Question-Answer
4. Week
Classification of Turkish dialects
Lecture, Question-Answer
5. Week
Historical Turkish Accents
Lecture, Question-Answer
6. Week
Old Turkish Era (Gokturk, Uyghur)
Lecture, Question-Answer
7. Week
Old Turkish Era (Karahanid, Harezm, Chagatai)
Lecture, Question-Answer
8. Week
Midterm
9. Week
Contemporary Turkish Dialect Groups
Lecture, Question-Answer
10. Week
Oghuz Branch and Characteristics
Lecture, Question-Answer
11. Week
Karluk Branch and Characteristics
Lecture, Question-Answer
12. Week
Kypchak Branch and Characteristics
Lecture, Question-Answer
13. Week
Kyrgiz Branch and Characteristics
Lecture, Question-Answer
14. Week
Tatar Branch and Characteristics
Lecture, Question-Answer
15. Week
Final
16. Week
Final
17. Week
Final
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Students are able to discuss texts of the Turkish Language and Literature from the oldest period until today from literary and philological aspects. Students are able to make textual analysis through comparison with texts of western literature.
PO-2
Students are able to use at expert level course materials, research methods, knowledge and theories that are used in the Turkish Language and Literature Program, and includes up-to-date information.
PO-3
Students are able to use the knowledge and theoretical information they have gained in the Turkish Language and Literature Program in the fields of education, research and public service, and systematically communicate it to groups in unrelated fields.
PO-4
Students are able to come up with solutions through individual effort for problems they encounter in the field, manage advanced level studies independently, and take responsibility as members of a work group.
PO-5
Students are able to analyze problems relating to the Turkish Language and Literature Program, support likely solutions with tangible data, and share the data with experts in the related field.
PO-6
Students are able to collect, analyze and interpret institutional and applied information concerning their fields by using at least one foreign language.
PO-7
Students are able to debate modern and classical literary information and theories within the framework of certain currents and theories, and apply the qualifications they have acquired to inter-disciplinary studies.
PO-8
Students obtain the awareness for the necessity of lifelong learning.
PO-9
Students are able to acquire fundamental knowledge and skills required to do academic research and studies at graduate level in the field of the Turkish Language and Literature.
PO-10
Students are able to observe professional responsibility and ethic values in the field of the Turkish Language and Literature.
PO-11
Students are able to follow historical alphabets of the Turkish language from authentic texts.
PO-12
Students are able to interpret the development of literary genres and forms within the historical process, and broaden their expertise.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
The students know the main points in the History of Turkology Studies
LO-2
The students know main aspects of Uzbek literature
LO-3
The students identify the Western Turkologs
LO-4
The students know about the Turkic dialects studies and its problems
LO-5
The students classify main Turkic dialects and features of major dialect groups
