To provide students studying theology with the ability to read and understand religious, literary and cultural texts written in Ottoman Turkish and to benefit from these resources.

By taking this course, the student is introduced to Ottoman Turkish, which represents a period in the historical course of the Turkish language. Thanks to this acquaintance, he learns the Ottoman Turkish alphabet, which consists of Arabic and Persian alphabets. In this way, he/she can both read Turkish texts written in this alphabet and have the competence to write in this alphabet.