Turkish in the U.S.
Turkish Language Instruction in the United States
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American University Language and Foreign Studies: Turkish Dr. Gail Riley griley@american.edu (202) 885-1452 Levels Offered: TURK-102: Turkish Elementary I TURK-103: Turkish Elementary II |
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Amherst College Five College Center for the Study of World Languages: Mentored Turkish Courses fcsilp@hfa.umass.edu Levels Offered: Mentored Turkish Levels I-VI Full Course Options: Turkish I & II |
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Boston University Modern Languages & Comparative Literature: Turkish Program Dr. Roberta Micallef micallef@bu.edu Levels Offered: First and Second Year Turkish (semester-based system) |
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Brigham Young University National Middle East Language Resource Center: Turkish Prof. Erika Gilson ehgilson@princeton.edu (801) 422-7192 Levels Offered: contact institution |
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Cameron University Department of English & Foreign Languages: International Languages Nance Boyer margeryk@cameron.edu (580) 581-2272 (580) 581-2929 Levels Offered: contact institution |
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Columbia University The Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures Program Etem Erol Elementary Modern Turkish I & II (MDESW 1911) - Etem Erol - basic reading, writing and conversation Intermediate Modern Turkish I & II (MDESW 1913) - Etem Erol - reading and understanding simple short stories, understanding main points of lectures, writing summaries, short essays Advanced Turkish (MDESW 4911) - Etem Erol - reading and understanding newspaper articles, building vocabulary, writing cohesively Intermediate Ottoman - Etem Erol - reading course for advanced students of modern Turkish or native speakers |
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Cornell University Near Eastern Studies Department obb4@cornell.edu Elementary Turkish I (NES 1330) - introduction to basic vocabulary, grammar, speaking, writing skills Intermediate Turkish (NES 1332) - intermediate speaking, reading, writing |
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Duke University Slavic & Eurasian Studies Erdag Goknar, (919) 660-3151 Accelerated Turkish (TURKISH 10-11) - Serhat Uyurkulak - intermediate level of proficiency in five areas Contemporary Turkish Composition/Readings (TURKISH 102S) - Erdag Goknar City of Two Continents (TURKISH 120S) - Erdag Goknar - overview of contemporary literature and film set in İstanbul |
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The George Washington University Classical and Near Eastern Languages Zeynep Gur Beginning Turkish (TURK 1002) - Zeynep Gur - fundamentals of speaking, understanding, reading and writing Intermediate Turkish (TURK 2002) - Zeynep Gur |
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Georgetown University Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies Prof. Sylvia Onder, (202) 687-6175 Beginning Turkish (TURK 011-01) - Sylvia Onder - intensive beginning Turkish Intermediate Turkish (TURK 021-01) - Zeynep Gur Advanced Turkish (TURK 201-01) - Sylvia Onder |
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Georgia State University Middle East Institute Sumeyra Dural Beginning Turkish (TURK 1001-1002) - Sumeyra Dural Intermediate Turkish (TURK 2001-2002) - Sumeyra Dural |
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Hampshire College Five College Center for the Study of World Languages: Mentored Turkish Courses fcsilp@hfa.umass.edu Levels Offered: Mentored Turkish Levels I-VI Full Course Options: Turkish I & II |
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Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies: Ottoman and Turkish Language Study Himmet Taskomur taskomur@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-8568 Levels Offered: Elementary Turkish Intermediate Turkish Ottoman Turkish |
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Indiana University Department of Central Eurasian Studies ceusug@indiana.edu Öner Özçelik (Interim Director & Flagship Chief Applied Linguist) Kemal Silay, (812) 855-5227 |
| Beginning Turkish (CEUS-T 182, CEUS-T 582) - Öner Özçelik, Kemal Silay and staff - intensive beginning Turkish Intermediate Turkish (CEUS-T 282, CEUS-T 682) - Defne Jones and staff - intermediate Turkish Advanced Turkish (CEUS-T 382, CEUS-T 782) - Zeynep Elbasan and staff - advanced Turkish Islam, Islamism, and Modernity in Turkey (CEUS-R 389, CEUS-R 589) - Kemal Silay - content course on Turkey Turkish Applied Linguistics (CEUS-R 589) - Öner Özçelik - graduate-level course on the second language acquisition of Turkish Introductory Ottoman Turkish (CEUS-T 685) - Kemal Silay - Ottoman Turkish Introductory Ottoman Turkish II (CEUS-T 686) - Kemal Silay - Ottoman Turkish II Structure of Turkish (CEUS-R 389, CEUS-R 589, LING-L 490, LING-L 590) - Öner Özçelik - generative linguistics of Turkish Turkish Flagship Program of the Department of Defense - Öner Özçelik - includes three years of Turkish study at Indiana University, as well as a year abroad in Turkey |
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Mercyhurst College Advanced Certificate in World Languages and Cultures: Arabic (Islamic) Studies Dr. Alice Edwards aedwards@mercyhurst.edu (814) 824-2548 Levels Offered: Elementary Turkish Intermediate Turkish |
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Michigan State University Less Commonly Taught Languages Program: Turkish Danielle Steider steider@msu.edu (517) 355-5105 Levels Offered: Elementary Turkish Intermediate Turkish Advanced Turkish |
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Montgomery County Community College Turkish Courses Academic Advising advising@mc3.edu (215) 641-6300 Levels Offered: Elementary Turkish |
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Mount Holyoke, South Hadley Five College Center for the Study of World Languages: Mentored Turkish Courses fcsilp@hfa.umass.edu Levels Offered: Mentored Turkish Levels I-VI Full Course Options: Turkish I & II |
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New York University Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Sibel Erol, (212) 992-9622 Elementary Turkish I & II (MEIS-UA 501/502) - introduction to the written and spoken language of modern Turkey Intermediate Turkish I & II (MEIS-UA 503/504) - reading comprehension and conversation ability in modern Turkish |
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Northwestern University Program of African and Asian Languages: Turkish Prof. Judith Wilks j-wilks@northwestern.edu (847) 491-2767 Levels Offered: Elementary Turkish Intermediate Turkish |
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Ohio State University Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Bulent Bekcioglu, (614) 270-2574 Beginning Turkish (Turkish 101-102-103) - Bulent Bekcioglu Intermediate Turkish (Turkish 104-201-202) - Bulent Bekcioglu Advanced Turkish (Turkish 241) - Snjezana Buzov |
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Portland State University Hatfield School of Government: Center for Turkish Studies Prof. Birol Yesilada yesilada@pdx.edu (503) 725-3257 Levels Offered: Elementary Turkish Intermediate Turkish Advanced Turkish |
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Princeton University Near Eastern Studies Department Erika Gilson, (609) 258-1435 Beginning Turkish (TUR 101-102) - Erika Gilson - a performance-oriented, multi-media introductory course in modern spoken and written Turkish. Based on authentic input, grammatical properties of the language are introduced. Cultural aspects are stressed throughout. Intermediate Turkish (TUR 105-107) - Erika Gilson - Objective is to enable students to communicate in Modern Turkish, and to read Turkish (current events, editorials, literature and academic writings) with some speed and accuracy. |
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Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences - Languages: Turkish Prof. Ferhan Tunagur ftunagur@scils.rutgers.edu (732) 445-0275 Levels Offered: Elementary Turkish Intermediate Turkish Advanced Turkish |
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Smith College Five College Center for the Study of World Languages: Mentored Turkish Courses fcsilp@hfa.umass.edu Levels Offered: Mentored Turkish Levels I-VI Full Course Options: Turkish I & II |
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Stanford University Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages: Turkish Studies Dr. Burcu Karahan Richardson bkarahan@stanford.edu (650) 723-6608 Levels Offered: contact department |
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State University of New York Binghamton Middle East and North African Program: Turkish mena@binghamton.edu (607) 777-4738 Levels Offered: contact department |
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Syracuse University Languages, Literature and Linguistics Jaklin Kornfilt, (315) 443-5375 Beginning Turkish I (TRK 101) - Jaklin Kornfilt Beginning Turkish II (TRK 102) - Birol Öncü Intermediate Turkish I (TRK 201) - Jaklin Kornfilt Intermediate Turkish II (TRK 202) - Jaklin Kornfilt Turkish for Research Purposes (TRK 620) - Jaklin Kornfilt - Turkish at various levels for graduate students |
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Texas Tech University Department of Classical & Modern Language & Literatures: Turkish Language and Area Studies Ilker Goksen ilker.goksen@ttu.edu (806) 742-3145 Levels Offered: Beginning Turkish Intermediate Turkish |
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University of Arizona School of Middle Eastern & North African Studies: Turkish Prof. Asli Igsiz igsiz@email.arizona.edu (520) 621-5471 Levels Offered: Elementary Turkish Intermediate Turkish Advanced Turkish |
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University of California-Berkeley Department of Near Eastern Studies Ayla Algar, (510) 642-3757 Elementary Modern Turkish I & II (63403) - Ayla Algar Intermediate Modern Turkish I & II (63406) - Ayla Algar Readings in Modern Turkish (63409) - Ayla Algar |
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University of California-Los Angeles Near Eastern Languages & Cultures Guliz Kuruoglu, (310) 825-5167 Elementary Turkish (101A-B-C) - grammar, reading, conversation and elementary composition drills Advanced Turkish (102A-B-C) - readings in modern literature and social science texts Elementary Uzbek (111A-B-C) - elementary grammar, reading and composition exercises, elementary conversation Advanced Uzbek (112A-B-C) - descriptive grammar, reading and analysis of literature and folkloric texts Elementary Azeri (115A-B-C) - knowledge of Russian, Turkish, Iranian helpful. Knowledge of basic Azeri grammar necessary Advanced Azeri (116A-B-C) - reading and analysis of Azeri literature, use of descriptive Azeri grammar Descriptive Grammar of Modern Literary Uzbek (120A-B-C) - systematic and comprehensive grammatical survey of modern literary Uzbek Turkish Tradition (160) - survey of cultural history of Turks as seen through literature Islamic Literary Heritage of Central Asia (165) - survey of Islamic documents produced in Turkish and Persian Central Asia Turco-Mongolian Nomadic Empires (170) - survey of history of Turkic and Mongolian dominions from 3rd century B.C. to A.D. 19th century Modern Turkic Languages and Peoples (180) - ethnic and linguistic survey of the Turkic peoples Introduction to Ottoman (210A-B-C) - introduction to literary language of Ottomans Ottoman Diplomatics (211) - reading and discussion of Ottoman archives Classical Uzbek (220A-B-C) - descriptive and historical grammar, text analysis, translation and composition drills Old Turkic: Turk and Uygur (225A-B-C) - textual and linguistic analysis of Turk and old Uygur documents Historical and Comparative Survey of Turkic Languages (230A-B-C) - history of Turkic, developments in phonemic, grammatical and lexical systems Middle Turkic: Karakhanid, Khorazmian, Mamluk-Kipchak and Old Anatolian (235A-B) - textual and linguistic analysis of Middle Turkic texts Advanced Ottoman (240A-B-C) - emphasis on different genres of Ottoman writing Islamic Texts in Chagatay (250A-B-C) - reading and discussion of Chagatay texts on Islamic topics Modern Turkish Literature (280A-B) - specific issues and trends in development of Turkish literature from mid-19th century to present Classical Turkish Literature (290A-B) - survey of Islamic literatures of the Turks in the classical period |
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University of Chicago Ottoman and Turkish Studies Dr. Kagan Arik kagana@uchicago.edu (773) 702-9512 Levels Offered: Elementary Turkish Intermediate Turkish Advanced Turkish Ottoman Turkish |
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University of Florida Turkish Studies Program Jim Robbins, (352) 294-7145 Levels Offered: Beginning Turkish Intermediate Turkish |
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University of Illinois Less Commonly Taught Languages Program: Turkish Dr. Ercan Balci ebalci@illinois.edu (217) 244-3058 Levels Offered: contact department |
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University of Kansas Slavic Languages & Literatures: Turkish Abbas Karakaya abbaskarakaya@ku.edu (785) 864-8106 Levels Offered: Elementary Turkish Intermediate Turkish |
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University of Massachusetts Five College Center for the Study of World Languages: Mentored Turkish Courses fcsilp@hfa.umass.edu Levels Offered: Mentored Turkish Levels I-VI Full Course Options: Turkish I & II |
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University of Michigan Department of Near Eastern Studies: Turkish Studies Mehmet Sureyya Er sureyya@umich.edu (734) 763-6446 Levels Offered: contact institution |
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University of North Carolina Turkish Prof. Canguzel Zulfikar canguzel@email.unc.edu Levels Offered: Turkish for Beginners Intermediate Turkish |
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University of Pennsylvania Penn Language Center: Turkish Dr. Feride Hatiboglu feride@sas.upenn.edu (215) 898-6039 Levels Offered: Elementary Turkish Intermediate Turkish Advanced Turkish |
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University of Pittsburgh Less-Commonly-Taught Languages: Turkish Nur Lider nurlider@gmail.com (412) 624-5512 Levels Offered: Turkish Levels 1-4 |
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University of Texas, Austin Turkish Language and Literature Jeannette Okur Intensive Turkish I & II (TUR 611C) - Hayriye Kayi - intermediate level intensive course Intermediate Turkish I & II (TUR 320L) - Jeannette Okur - builds communicative skills in Modern Turkish Women Filmmakers in the Mid East (TUR 372) - Jeannette Okur - introduction to subject matter and cinematographic styles used by women filmmakers in Turkey |
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University of Utah Department of Languages & Literature: Turkish languages@hum.utah.edu (801) 581-7561 Levels Offered: contact institution |
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University of Washington Near Eastern Languages and Civilization: Turkish and Ottoman Studies Program Prof. Selim Kuru selims@u.washington.edu (206) 543-0475 Levels Offered: Intensive Turkish Intermediate Turkish Ottoman Turkish |
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University of Wisconsin, Madison Department of History historyinfo@lists.wisc.edu (608) 263-1800 Levels Offered: contact institution |
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William Patterson University Department of Languages and Cultures Dr. Octavio De la Suarée delasuareeo@wpunj.edu (973) 720-2516 Levels Offered: contact institution |
Turkish in the U.S.
- Funding Opportunities for Students Learning Turkish
- Turkish Language Resources for Institutions and Instructors
- Turkish Language Instruction in the United States
- Turkish Studies Programs in the United States
Contact
Institute of Turkish Studies
Intercultural Center 305R
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057-1033
(202) 687-0292
(202) 687-3780 (fax)
itsdirector@turkishstudies.org
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