Information Package / Course Catalogue
The Studies on Chagatay Turkish Texts
Course Code: TRDE629
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 give information about Çağatay Turkish that comes after Harzem Turkish in Timur Empire, the third period of improvment Islamic Central Asian Turkish (Eastern Middle Turkish) literary language and contains various indigenous dialects. To expose the linguistic structure of the period with examing texts.

Course Content

Formation stages and cycles of Çağatay Turkish. Introduction of Literary, grammar works and dictionaries written with Çağatay and Kıpçak Turkish. The application works.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.The students learn the grammar of Chagatai Turkic language.
2.The students are able to transfer the texts written in Chagatai Turkic language into transcription alphabet.
3.The students have knowledge of historical information of Chagatai Turkic language period.
4.The students are knowledgeable with the formation and development of Chagatai Turkic language and its place among other Turkish dialects
5.The students learn the works written by Chagatai Turkic language and the academic studies made on these works.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Week General historical information about Chagatai period; the main representatives
Week 2 - Theoretical
Week General historical information about Chagatai period; the main representatives
Week 3 - Theoretical
Works written by Chagatai Turkish language; the studies made on these works
Week 4 - Theoretical
Writing properties of Chagatai Turkic language, its alphabet and orthography
Week 5 - Theoretical
Phonetic properties
Week 6 - Theoretical
Morphological properties
Week 7 - Theoretical
Reading, transcription, translation and phonological studies on a selected text Reading
Week 8 - Theoretical
Reading, transcription, translation and phonological studies on a selected text Reading
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
Text analysis (a selected text from Ali Şir Nevai)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Text analysis (a selected text from Ali Şir Nevai)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Text analysis (a selected text from Ali Şir Nevai)
Week 12 - Theoretical
Text analysis (Ebul Gazi Bahadır Han-Şecere-i Terakime)
Week 13 - Theoretical
Text analysis (Lütfi Divanı, Sekkaki Divanı)
Week 14 - Theoretical
Text analysis (selections from Hüseyin Baykara and other poets)
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
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026