The establishment decision of Ankara University Faculty of Language, History and Geography Department of Spanish Language and Literature was taken in 1975 and the education of our department was started in 1976. The founding chairman of our department is Prof.Dr. Muzaffer Arikan. Then, respectively Prof. Dr. Cemil Göker, Prof. Dr. Süheyla Öncel and Prof. Dr. Yıldız Ersoy Canpolat have presided our department. With the presidency of Prof. Dr. Ertuğrul Önalp (December of 2001 - December of 2012) one of our graduate firstly became the president of our department. Current president of our department is Prof. Dr. Mehmet Necati Kutlu. Eight professors with PhD work in Department of Spanish Language and Literature. In addition, two Research Assistants and 3 Foreign Instructors are also involved. The education period of our department is five years with one year obligatory preparatory class. Preparatory education is given by Ankara University School of Foreign Languages​​. The aim of the program is to teach the Spanish language, both written and oral, to introduce history, culture and literatures of Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin American countries, to examine the authors and works of these literatures. Master and doctorate studies in progress since 1988, graduate student quota of our department is 30 students and accepts students with the LANG-2 points.

To train qualified individuals that will serve as academicians and language specialists in the field of Spanish Language and Literature who will take care of the public interest, have knowledge of the theater, poetry and other literary genres of the Spanish literature from it's beginning to today, and also of historical, social, economic, political, philosophical, scientific and literary developments' role in the creation of these works; who will adopt scientific thinking using information and technology effectively, and also think critically and creatively.

Graduates have comprehensive knowledge of Spanish grammar and phonetics. They have a thorough knowledge of Spanish vocabulary. They have extensive knowledge about the history of Turkish- Spanish language relations .

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Head of Sub-Department Prof. Dr. Mehmet Necati KUTLU E-mail : kutlu@ankara.edu.tr CV :

Prof. Dr. Ertuğrul ÖNALP E-mail : ertugrulonalp@ahotmail.com CV :

Prof. Dr. Hale TOLEDO E-mail : toledo@ankara.edu.tr CV :

Prof. Dr. Hayal Şebnem ATAKAN E-mail : atakan@humanity.ankara.edu.tr CV :

Associate Prof. Dr. Erkan YURTAYDIN E-mail : eyurtaydin@ankara.edu.tr CV :

Associate Prof. Dr. Emine Ceren ÇERÇİOĞLU E-mail : ckaraca@ankara.edu.tr CV :

Assistant Prof. Dr. Julia Martinez Gonzalez KARACAN E-mail : juliamartinez_ab@yahoo.com CV :

Assistant Prof. Dr. Zeynep KAYACIK E-mail : eng.spa06@gmail.com CV :

Assistant Prof. DOĞA FİLİZ SUBAŞI E-mail : dogafiliz@gmail.com CV :

Assistant Prof. Merve YILDIRIM E-mail : merveyildirim@nku.edu.tr CV :

Lecture Jose Duarte MEDEIROS RIBEIRO E-mail : jribeiro@ankara.edu.tr CV :

Lecture Monıca BLANCO RUIZ E-mail : moni_blanco22@hotmail.com CV :

Monica Fernandez Crespo E-mail : monicacrespo11@hotmail.com CV :

Research Assistant Melike YAZICI ÇANGUR E-mail : myazici@ankara.edu.tr CV :