Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TDE2132019143ORHUN TURKISHCompulsory233
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Objectives of the course is to examine language of the inscriptions which were written in the period of 2nd Turkic Kaganate, one of the oldest state which was established by Turks in the 8th, according to methods of comparative-historical linguistics and to view the phases of the Turkic phonetics, morphology and syntax.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Hüseyin Yıldıxz
Learning Outcomes
1Being able to cognize the period named Old Turkic
2Being able to cognize the findings of old Turkic
3Being able to expound the language elements analytically
4Being able to interprete the Old Turkic elements from the point of comparative-historical linguistics’ methods
5Being able to interprete the Old Turkic elements from the point of comparative-historical linguistics’ methods
6Being able to make library research and network/the internet scan
7Being able to state in black and white his/her subjects researches
8Being able to think critical and analytic
9Being able to make comparison between the Old Turkic and Modern Turkic languages
Mode of Delivery
Evening Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Geography and history of the old Turkic; texts of old Turkic; to analyse and expound these texts; relationships between these texts; historical dialectology
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction and comprehension of the courseTo meet and examine the course contents
2Bibliography of the courseTo present the bibliography of the course
3Historical and geographical frame of the courseLecture with slide
4Definition of the Old Turkic TextsLecture with slide
5Introduction to Old Turkic texts and Old Turkic phoneticsReading (Inscription of Kül Tigin, East Side)
6Old Turkic word formation suffixesReading (Inscription of Kül Tigin, East Side)
7Case suffixes of the Old TurkicReading (Inscription of Kül Tigin, East Side)
8Midterm
9Prepositions and conjunctions of the Old TurkicReading (Inscription of Bilge Kagan)
10Inflections of the Old Turkic IReading (Inscription of Bilge Kagan)
11Inflections of the Old Turkic IIReading (Inscription of Bilge Kagan)
12Tenses of the Old Turkic IReading (Inscription of Bilge Kagan)
13Tenses of the Old Turkic IIReading (Inscription of Bilge Kagan)
14Modes of the Old Turkic IReading (Inscription of Bilge Kagan)
15Modes of the Old Turkic IIReading (Inscription of Bilge Kagan)
16Final ExamReading (Inscription of Bilge Kagan)
Recommended or Required Reading
Recommended Reading: Muharrem Ergin (1999), Orhun Abideleri, Boğaziçi: İstanbul. H. Şirin User (2009), Köktürk ve Ötüken Uygur Kağanlığı Yazıtları. Söz Varlığı İncelemesi, Kömen: Konya. Required Readings: Anna Maria von Gabain (2000), Eski Türkçenin Grameri, TDK: Ankara Talat, Tekin (2000), Orhon Türkçesi Grameri, Ankara A. Bican Ercilasun (2009), Türk Dili Tarihi, Akçağ: Ankara Osman Fikri Sertkaya (1995), Göktürk Tarihinin Meseleleri, TKAE: Ankara Marcel Erdal (2004), A Grammar of Old Turkic, Brill Leiden, Boston
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Makeup Examination111
Attending Lectures7214
Self Study7214
Individual Study for Mid term Examination14228
Individual Study for Final Examination14228
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)87
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PO
1
PO
2
PO
3
PO
4
PO
5
PO
6
PO
7
LO15      
LO2  4    
LO3    3  
LO4    5  
LO5   5   
LO6   5   
LO7   3   
LO8   3   
LO9    54 
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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