Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
180300506101CONTEMPORARY TURKISH LITERATURE IICompulsory363
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
1. To introduce the Kyrgyz Turks and Uzbekistan. 2. To teach Kyrgyz Literature with its main lines. 3. To teach the alphabet (Cyrillic) and sounds of Kyrgyz Turkish. 4. To teach the phonetic and morphological features of Kyrgyz Turkish. 5. To enable them to read and understand the texts of Kyrgyz Literature.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Nesrin GÜLLÜDAĞ
Learning Outcomes
11 Will be able to define the concept of Turkology, explain its characteristics and historical development. 2 Knows the historical development and geographical boundaries of the concept of the Turkish world, has information about the history of the communities that make up the Turkish world, their current situation and their socio-cultural relations. 3 Knows the concept of language in all aspects, recognizes the methods and disciplines of language analysis (linguistics, grammar, philology), and can examine the Turkish language with contemporary linguistic data. 4 Recognizes the dialect groups and literatures of the contemporary Turkish world classified as southwest, southeast, northwest and northeast, and knows the distinctive features of these groups in terms of language and literature. 5 Knows the history of the Turkish language, from the first written documents to the emergence of modern Turkish dialects and their current situation chronologically and together with their works. 6 Can read, explain and linguistically analyze texts written in historical Turkish dialects with different alphabets (Köktürk, Uyghur, Arab etc.). 7 Can read, explain and linguistically analyze texts written in different alphabets (Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic etc.) in contemporary Turkish dialects. 8 Gains knowledge about the dialects of contemporary Turkish dialects, can read, explain and examine the texts compiled from these dialects or written with these dialects. 9 Can transfer between contemporary Turkish dialects. 10 Knows the works and authors of the historical periods of contemporary Turkish dialects and literatures, examines, interprets and compares these texts and discusses them. 11 Knows the works and authors of contemporary Turkish literature, examines, interprets and compares these texts. 12 Have the necessary knowledge, experience and sensitivity about the cultural values ​​and folk literature products of Turkish tribes.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Ercilasun, A. B., Grammar of Turkish Dialects, Ankara, 2006. 2. Kasapoğlu, Çengel, H., Kyrgyz Turkish Grammar, I. Print, Ankara, 2005. 3. Söylemez, O., Aşlar, H., Anthology of Contemporary Kyrgyz Stories, Ankara, 2009.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Makeup Examination122
Attending Lectures111
Self Study11010
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11515
Individual Study for Final Examination12020
Reading3515
Homework3515
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)82
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