Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
TDEY0017		GÖKTÜRK TEXTS	3/0/0	DE	Turkish	8

Course Goals	To introduce the texts of Göktürk Era -          To enable reading texts of this period -          To teach main phonetic and morphological features of Göktürk Language -          To teach main lexical and syntactic features of Göktürk Language -          To identify the sources of this period
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Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)	Professor Vahit Türk
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
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Teaching Methods and Techniques	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
Principle Sources	1. Ergin, M., Orhun Abideleri, İstanbul, 1993. 2. Tekin, T.,  Orhon Türkçesi Grameri, İstanbul, 2003.
Other Sources	1. Drevniy tyurkskiy slovar, Red. Kol. Akademiya Nauk, Leningrad, 1969. 2. Tekin, T., Orhon Yazıtları, Ankara, 1988.

Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	Göktürks and discovery and reading of the Göktürk Inscriptions	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
2. Week	Göktürk Alphabet	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
3. Week	Major phonetic and morphological features of Göktürk Language	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
4. Week	Kul Tigin Inscription South Front	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
5. Week	Kul Tigin Inscription South Front	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
6. Week	Kul Tigin Inscription East and North Fronts	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
7. Week	Bilge Kagan Inscription East Front	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
8. Week	Midterm	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
9. Week	Bilge Kagan Inscription East Front	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
10. Week	Bilge Kagan Inscription North Front	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
11. Week	Bilge Kagan Inscription North Front	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
12. Week	Tonyukuk Inscription West Front, South front	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
13. Week	Tonyukuk Inscription East Front	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
14. Week	Tonyukuk Inscription North Front	Lecture, Question-Answer, Phonetic-Morphological-Syntactic Analysis, Reading
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 identify texts of Göktürk Era. LO-2 The students are able to read texts of this period in the original alphabet. LO-3 The students know phonetic and morphological features of Göktürk Language, and make analysis. LO-4 The students know lexical and syntactic features of Göktürk Language LO-5 The students know the sources of this period.

Course Assessment Matrix:

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