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The History of Turkish Language I

Course Code	: TRDE624
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 5

Objectives of the Course

To teach the history of Turkish Language.

Course Content

Teaching the historical terms of Turkish Language.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1.	Describes the place of Turkish among the other world languages.
2.	Determines language families and the place of Turkish in them.
3.	Samples works which were written in historical terms of Turkish.
4.	Determines historical terms of Turkish according to language.
5.	Comments on a text that was written in one of the Turkish dialects.

Recommended or Required Reading

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

First periods of Turkish Language, The Oldest Turkish and First Turkish Period

Week 2 - Theoretical

First documents written in Turkish Language, first stones, Orhun ağabeydes and Old Turkish Period

Week 3 - Theoretical

Discovery of Kokturk written texts

Week 4 - Theoretical

Deciphering the Köktürk script and the theories put forward.

Week 5 - Theoretical

Kokturk inscriptions.

Week 6 - Theoretical

Period of Uigur

Week 7 - Theoretical

Immigration to west, mobility of Turkish Language in same geographies

Week 8 - Theoretical

Karahanlılar and Turkish Language: New Alphabet, new culture and changes of language

Week 9 - Theoretical

General linguistic and grammatical features of Karakhanid Turkish.

Week 10 - Theoretical

Works from Karakhanids

Week 11 - Theoretical

Kypchaks, in main and other areas of Kypchak groups, languages and works from Kypchaks

Week 12 - Theoretical

Works from Harezm and Altınordu areas

Week 13 - Theoretical

Transition to Anatolia and to Old Anatolian Turkish.

Week 14 - Theoretical

Çhagatay Turkish, its prominent names and their works.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	0	3	42
Midterm Examination	1	30	1	31
Final Examination	1	50	2	52
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
OÇ-4
OÇ-5

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