Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY OF TURKISH LANGUAGE TUR149 1. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Lecture and discussion.
Course Coordinator
Instructors Aysu ATA
Assistants
Goals The goal of this course is to inform the students about Origin of Turkish language.
Course Content From beginning to today, the state of Turkic Language is examined by taking into consideration the problem of Altaic languages. The characteristics of areas of written Turkic languages and their evidences are dwelled upon.
Learning Outcomes 1) Article of the Turkish language as the language of the inscriptions from the earliest knowledge about development and change.
2) The language family that Turkic language belongs to has knowledge.
3) To knowledge about the periodization studies of Turkic.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Origin of Turkic languages Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Ural-Altaic language theory Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Altaic language family and place of Turkic Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Altaic language theory and opinions about this theory Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week The issue of re-dating in the historical Turkic language Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week The period of Proto-Turkic Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week The period of Old Turkic (: Kok Turk) and its works. Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Mid-term exam Question Answer
9. Week The period of Old Turkic (: Uigur) and its works Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week The period of Old Turkic (: Kara-khanid) and its works. Lecture; Problem Solving
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week The period of Middle Turkic (: Kharezmian) and its works Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week The period of Middle Turkic (: Kharezmian) and its works Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Western (Oghuz) Turkic ve its first works Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week General evaluation of the lesson Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
15. Week Final Exams Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Ahmet Bican Ercilasun, Türk Dili Tarihi, Başlangıçtan Yirminci Yüzyıla, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara 2004.
Aysu Ata, Çağatay Türkçesinin İlk Devresi Harezm-Altın Ordu Türkçesi, Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara 2014.
Aysu Ata, Orhon ve Uygur Türkçesi, Açıköğretim Yayınları, Eskişehir 2011.
Caferoğlu, Ahmet, Türk Dili Tarihi, İstanbul 1972.
Johanson, Lars, Éva Ágnes Csató, The Turkic Languages, London and New York 1998.
Róna-Tas, A., An Introduction to Turkology, Studia Uralo-Altaica 33, Szeged 1991.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15000
PY25000
PY35000
PY45000
PY55000
PY65000
PY85000
PY195000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 5
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 5
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 6
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 8
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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