Academic Unit: Department of Turkish Language and Literature

Program Objectives: Old Turkic Languages MA Program is primarily designed for Turkish Language and Literature BA degree holders, but BA degree holders of all other programs are also eligible to apply as out-of-field applicants. The aim of the program is to equip students with the essential tools to analyze texts in Old Turkic languages such as; Orhon, Uyghur, Karajan and Khwarazm and their linguistic features. With a wide range of comprehensive courses offered, the program is suitable for students planning to pursue a PhD degree.

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?

Compulsory Courses:

Elective Courses:

Academic Staff:

• Prof. Dr. Ayşe Melek ÖZYETGİN
• Prof. Dr. Zühal ÖLMEZ
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevim YILMAZ ÖNDER
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Fikret YILDIRIM
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Özlem YİĞİTOĞLU
• Res. Asst. Funda ŞAN
• Res. Asst. Zeynep Pınar CAN
• Res. Asst. Sevim ERDEM

Graduation Requirements:

In order to graduate from the program, students are required;

• to take at least 7 courses (21 local credits/ 120 ECTS), two of which are required by the department
• to pass the “Seminar” and “Research Methods and Scientific Ethics” courses,
• to pass all courses with at least CB grade and have at least 2.50/4.0 GPA,
• to comply with the publication requirement,
• to register to “Lecture on Specialized Field” and “MA Thesis” courses in order to write a thesis, after completing the required number of credits,
• to pass the MA thesis defense successfully.

Publication Requirement:

MA students are required to meet at least one of the following requirements which has to be related to their thesis and done in cooperation with their thesis supervisor(s):

1. An oral/ poster presentation at a national/ international refereed academic congress
2. An academic article published or accepted for publication at a national/ international refereed academic journal

Department Location: Davutpaşa Campus, Esenler, Istanbul, Turkey

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