Information Package / Course Catalogue
Comparative Turkic Dialects I
Course Code: TRDE573
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

A comparative analysis of contemporary and historical Turkish dialects. It is aimed that students can observe the differences in phoneme, morpheme and semantics between dialects by those studies

Course Content

The detection and classification of Turkish language’s geography. A comparative analysis on the Turkish dialects of Oghuz, Kypchyk, Qarluq

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Cihan DOĞAN
Learning Outcomes
1.The student will have known the historical and contemporary dialects
2.The student will have the information on Turkish communities outside Turkey.
3.The student will have learnt the occurrence and the reasons of the occurrence of Turkish writing dialects
4.The student will have learnt the used alphabets through the examples from of Turkish writing dialect
5.Learn phonetic elements of contemporary Turkish dialects.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to Turkish language and Historical Turkis dialects
Week 2 - Theoretical
Yakutia and Chuvash language
Week 3 - Theoretical
Gokturk, Uighur, Karakhanid Turkish
Week 4 - Theoretical
Old Oghuz Turkish
Week 5 - Theoretical
Comparative studies of historical texts
Week 6 - Theoretical
Comparative studies of historical texts
Week 7 - Theoretical
Comparative studies of historical texts
Week 8 - Theoretical
The occurrence of Contemporary Turkish dialects and Turkish dialects of Western groups
Week 9 - Theoretical
Turkish dialects of Eastern groups
Week 10 - Theoretical
North (Qipchaq) Group
Week 11 - Theoretical
Contemporary Turkish alphabets
Week 12 - Theoretical
Comparative text studies
Week 13 - Theoretical
Comparative text studies
Week 14 - Theoretical
Comparative text studies
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Midterm Examination130131
Final Examination150252
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
5
5
3
OÇ-4
5
3
OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026