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?

Compulsory Courses:

Elective Courses:

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

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