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  1. Graduate School
  2. Department of Turkish Language and Literature
  3. Master of Science (MSc) in Contemporary Turkish Language
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  5. Dialects of Turkish Langu. Out. The Poli. Borders of Türkiye
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Last Updated: 02/10/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
TDE543 - Dialects of Turkish Langu. Out. The Poli. Borders of Türkiye I. SEMESTER 3 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. SELAHİTTİN TOLKUN
Mode of Delivery face-to-face
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Prerequisites to know Turkih Phonolgy, Turkish Morphology, Old Turkish.
Courses Recomended -
Recommended Resources Karahan, Leyla (1996). Anadolu Ağızlarının Sınıflandırılması. Ankara: TDKBenderoğlu, A. (1989). Irak Türkmen Dili. Dil Bilgisi ve Karşılaştırma (II. Baskı), Bağdat: Kültür ve Tanıtma Bakanlığı, Türkmen Kültür Müdürlüğü Kültür Yayınları Dairesi. Hürmüzyü, H. (2003). Kerkük Türkçesi Sözlüğü. İstanbul: Kerkük Vakfı Yayınları.Saracoğlu, Erdoğan. (2012) Kıbrıs Ağzı, Ankara: Akçağ YayınlarıSaracoğlu, Erdoğan. (2005). “Bir Kıbrıs Masalındaki Kıbrıs Ağzının Fonetik Özellikleri”, Fikret Türkmen Armağanı Dallı, Hüseyin (1991):Kuzeydoğu Bulgaristan Türk Ağızları Üzerine Araştırmalar, Ankara: TDKOlcay, Selahattin(1995): Doğu Trakya Yerli Ağzı, Ankara: TDK
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Aims of the Course

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 The past and the present of Turkish dialects outside the political borders of Turkey. The situation with the dialect speakers; time and circumstances of their isolation from the general population.
Week - 2 The extralinguistical factors in the formation of the dialects. Their contacts with the other languages and their varities.
Week - 3 Linguistic pecularities of the Kirkuk Turkoman dialect
Week - 4 The dialect data of Kirkuk Turkoman and their linguistical analysis
Week - 5 Linguistic pecularities of the Cyprus Turkish
Week - 6 The dialect data of Kirkuk Turkoman and their linguistical analysis
Week - 7 The problem of classification of Turkish dialects in the Balkans
Week - 8 The Turkish spoken in Bulgaria and its dialect texts
Week - 9 The Turkish spoken in Greese and its dialect texts
Week - 10 The Turkish spoken in Romania and its dialect texts
Week - 11 The Turkish spoken in the former Yugoslavia and its dialect texts
Week - 12 The problem of identification of Gagauz Turkish: a language or a dialect?
Week - 13 Linguistical texts in Gagauz Turkish and their analysis
Week - 14 Overview (a general summary)

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
Final Exam 1 50
Homework 1 50
Toplam (%) 100

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