Information Package / Course Catalogue
Tatar Turkish
Course Code: TDE339
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The objective of the course is to recognize the situation of Tatar language among the Turkic languages and explain the basic informations about Tatar grammar.

Course Content

-situation of Tatar language among the Turkic languages -basic phonology and morphology features -basic texts and publications -text analyises of Tatar language

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Şahin BARANOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1.When a student completes this course, he/she will learn Tatar language where is spoken in the world
2.know where Tatar language belongs in classification of Turkic languages.
3.recognize basic features of Tatar language.
4.Comprehend the phonetic properties of Tatar Turkic.
5.To be able to read and understand Tatar Turkish texts in basic level.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.N. Poppe, Tatar Manual, 1963, Bloomington.
2.Buran a., Alkaya E. Çağdaş Türk Lehçeleri. Akçağ, Ankara 2001
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
An overview of the Turkish world. Today, the expansion areas of Turks in the world and the geographies they live in, states, autonomy, minorities.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Classifications made on the Turkish Language: First classifications (Kashgarlı, Strahlenberg), classifications made in the 19th century (Radloff, Vambery, Berezin etc.), scientific classifications made in the 20th century (Samoyloviç, R.R. Arat, Baskakov).
Week 3 - Theoretical
Baskakov's classification and explanation of the classification of Turkish dialects accordingly. The place of Tatar Turkish in this classification.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Comparison of Turkish dialects in terms of phonetics: The most important phonetic features of the Oghuz, Karluk and Kipchak Groups and their differences from the Oghuz group.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Tatar Turkish: Information about the Republic of Tatarstan, formation of the literary language, alphabet (Cyrillic).
Week 6 - Theoretical
Phonetics of Tatar Turkish: The most important features, differences with Türkiye Turkish.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Morphology of Tatar Turkish. Noun category: Noun suffixes, Plural suffixes, Possessive suffixes, Case suffixes, Reporting, Numbers, adjectives, pronouns.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Morphology of Tatar Turkish. Verb category: Verb formation suffixes, personal suffixes used in verb conjugation, Tenses (Present, Known past, Heard past, Future and Present tenses)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Morphology of Tatar Turkish. Prepositional moods, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Transcribing a Cyrillic text from Tatar Turkish, reading it and translating it into Turkey Turkish.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Transcribing a Cyrillic text from Tatar Turkish, reading it and translating it into Turkey Turkish. Performing morphological analysis.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Transcribing a Cyrillic text from Tatar Turkish, reading it and translating it into Turkey Turkish. Performing morphological analysis.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Transcribing a Cyrillic text from Tatar Turkish, reading it and translating it into Turkey Turkish. Performing morphological analysis.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Transcribing a Cyrillic text from Tatar Turkish, reading it and translating it into Turkey Turkish. Performing morphological analysis.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory132252
Assignment1527
Individual Work102130
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1516
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)101
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
3
OÇ-2
3
OÇ-3
5
OÇ-4
5
OÇ-5
4
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