Turkish Language and Literature

TURKISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE PHD PROGRAM

 

Academic Unit: Department of Turkish Language and Literature

Program Objectives: Turkish Language and Literature PhD Programs aims to train students to improve their qualifications on building a deeper perspective on doing research. Starting from the discussions on relation between Altaic languages, this program aims to research, examine and interpret the discussions about the Turkish Language. This program improves students’ knowledge on the relation between Altaic languages and the sound structure and characteristics of Turkish languages. Students can have a broader perspective by studying not only phonology and morphology of Turkic, Altaic languages but also Chagatai, Classical Ottoman, Mongol languages, various periods of Turkish literature.

Medium of Instruction: Turkish

International Student Quotas: International student quotas are announced on the Graduate School of Social Sciences web site (http://www.sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/en) before the applications are open, each fall and spring semesters.

Admissions Calendar: Admissions calendar is announced on the Graduate School of Social Sciences web site (http://www.sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/en) before the applications are open, each fall and spring semesters.

Application Link: https://lisansustu.yildiz.edu.tr/sbe/en/ (Applicants are advised to check the academic calendar first and send their applications only during the application period.)

Admission Requirements: Admissions requirements announced on the Graduate School of Social Sciences web site (http://www.sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/en) before the applications are open, each fall and spring semesters.

 

Who can apply?

In-Field Quotas

MA degree holders of Turkish Language and Literature, Turkish Language and Literature Teaching, Ethnology, Contemporary Turkish Dialects and Literatures programs should apply to in-field applicant quotas.  

Out-of-Field Quotas

Any applicant who is not a graduate of the programs listed above can apply to out-field applicant quotas.

 

Compulsory Courses:

Code

Course Title in Turkish

Course Title in English

Course Type

Number of Credits

TDE6120

Roman Teorileri ve Analizleri-1

Novel Theories and Analyses-1

Required by the department

3

TDE6118

Orta Asya Türk Tarihine Giriş

Introduction to Turkic History of Central Asia

Required by the department

3

TDE6001

Seminer

Seminar

Required by the Council of Higher Education

0

TDE5205

Araştırma Yöntemleri ve Bilimsel Etik

Research Methods and Scientific Ethics

Required by the Council of Higher Education

2

Elective Courses:

Code

Course Title in Turkish

Course Title in English

Number of Credits

TDE6100

Türk Dillerinin Karşılaştırmalı Ses Bilgisine Giriş

Introduction to Comparative Phonology of Turkic Languages

3

TDE6101

Altay Dillerinin Karşılaştırmalı Ses Bilgisi ‎

Comparative Phonology of Altaistic Languages

3

TDE6102

Türk Dillerinin Karşılaştırmalı Ses Bilgisi

Comparative Phonology of Turkic Languages

3

TDE6103

Altay Dillerinin Karşılaştırmalı Yapı bilgisi

Comparative ‎Morphology of Altaistic Languages

3

TDE6105

Çuvaşça

Chuvash‎

3

TDE6106

Yakutça

Yakut

3

TDE6107

Tuvaca

Tuvan

3

TDE6108

Hakasça

Khakas

3

TDE6109

Çağatay Dili ve Edebiyatı

Chaghatai Language and ‎Literature

3

TDE6110

Klasik Osmanlı Nesri

Classical Ottoman Prose‎

3

TDE6111

Klasik Osmanlı Nazmı

Classical Ottoman Poetry‎

3

TDE6112

Eski Osmanlıca Metinlerinden Seçmeler

Selections From Old Ottoman Turkish Texts

3

TDE6113

Eski Osmanlıcada Sözyapımı

Morphology of Ottoman ‎Turkish

3

TDE6114

Halaçça

Khalach Language

3

TDE6115

Klasik Moğolcaya Giriş

Introduction to Classical ‎Mongolian

3

TDE6116

Klasik Moğolca

Classical ‎Mongolian

3

TDE6117

Genel Fonetik

General Phonetics‎

3

TDE6119

Orta Asya Türk Tarihi

History of Central Asia

3

 

Academic Staff:

  • Prof. Dr. Yakup ÇELİK
  • Prof. Dr. Zuhal ÖLMEZ
  • Prof. Dr. Ayşe Melek ÖZYETGİN
  • Prof. Dr. Aynur KOÇAK
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevim YILMAZ ÖNDER
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nihayet ARSLAN
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Didem ARDALI BÜYÜKARMAN
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Özlem YİĞİTOĞLU
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Fikret YILDIRIM
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Emre ÖZYILDIRIM
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. İbrahim SONA
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali YILDIZ
  • Res. Asst. Dr. Banu ÖZTÜRK
  • Res. Asst. Dr. Alparslan OYMAK
  • Res. Asst. Funda ŞAN
  • Res. Asst. Sevim ERDEM
  • Res. Asst. Fatma Zehra UĞURCAN
  • Res. Asst. Zeynep Pınar CAN
  • Res. Asst. Hicran YÜCEL
  • Res. Asst. Esengül SAĞLAM CAN

 

Graduation Requirements:

In order to graduate from this program;

  • Students who were admitted to the PhD program with an MA degree are required;
    • to take at least 7 courses (21 local credits/ 240 ECTS), two of which are required by the department,
    • to take Seminar and Research Methods and Scientific Ethics courses,
    • to pass all courses with at least BB grade and have at least 3.0/4.0 GPA,
    • to pass the PhD Qualifying Exam, to submit a thesis proposal and 3 thesis follow-up reports,
    • to comply with the publication requirement,
    • to pass the PhD thesis defense successfully,

 

  • Students who were admitted to the PhD program with a BA degree are required;
    • to take at least 14 courses (42 local credits/ 300 ECTS), two of which are required by the department,
    • to take Seminar and Research Methods and Scientific Ethics courses,
    • to pass all courses with at least BB grade and have at least 3.0/4.0 GPA,
    • to pass the PhD Qualifying Exam, to submit a thesis proposal and 3 thesis follow-up reports,
    • to comply with the publication requirement,
    • to pass the PhD thesis defense successfully.

 

PhD Publication Requirement: PhD students are required to make both of the following publications about their thesis in cooperation with their thesis supervisors:

a) An oral presentation at a national/ international refereed academic congress

b) At least one article published or accepted for publication at a national/ international refereed academic journal

 

Location: Davutpaşa Campus, Esenler, Istanbul, Turkey

Admissions Contact:

 

E-mail Address

Website

Graduate School of Social Sciences

gsss@yildiz.edu.tr, sbemdr@yildiz.edu.tr

http://sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/

 

Department Contact:

Name- Surname

E-mail Address

Phone Number

Prof. Dr. Yakup ÇELİK

yacelik@yildiz.edu.tr

+90 532 454 80 13

Prof. Dr. Zühal ÖLMEZ

zuolmez@gmail.com

+90 535 546 65 55