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Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Graduate School of Social Sciences - Turkish World Studies - Turkish World Studies (Turkish Languages and Dialects) - Third Cycle Programme

General Description

Aegean University Turkish World Research Institute was fouded in 1992 and is composed of Department of Turkish Folk Science,Department of Turkish World Literature, Department of Turkic Language and Dialects, Department of Turkish Art, Department of Turkish History, Department of Turkish World Social, Economic and Political Relations.

The Doctorate`s Degree in Turkish World Studies (Turkish Languages and Dialects) awarded to the graduates who have successfully full filled all programme requirements.

Length of Programme

4 Year, 8 Semesters

Total Credits

240 ECTS

Level of Qualification According to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework

EQF-LLL 8

The applicants who hold a Master's Degree and willing to enroll in the Doctorate programme may apply to the Directorate of Graduate School with the documents. 1-Sufficient score (at least 55 out of 100) from the Academic Staff and Graduate Study Education Exam (ALES) conducted by Student Selection and Placement Center (OSYM) or GRE Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score or Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score equivalent to ALES score of 55. 2-English proficiency (at least 70 out of 100 from the Profiency Exam conducted by Ege University Foreign Language Department, or at least 55 out of 100 from ÜDS (University Language Examination conducted by OSYM) or TOEFL or IELTS score equivalent to UDS score of 55. The candidates holding Bachelor's or Master's Degree taught totally in English are exempted from English proficiency requirement. The candidates fulfilling the criteria outlined above are invited to interwiev. The assessment for admission to masters programs is based on : 50% of ALES, 15% of academic success in the undergraduate programme (cumulative grade point average (CGPA) ) 10 % of academic success in the master's programme and 25% of interview grade. The required minimum interview grade is 60 out of 100. The candidates having an assessed score of 65 at least are accepted into the Doctorate programme. The results of the evaluation are announced by the Directorate of Graduate School.

The rules for recognition of formal prior learning are well defined. A student who is currently enrolled in a Doctorate Degree programme in the same discipline at another institution and has successfully completed at least one semester, upon submitting all required documents before the deadline, may transfer to the Doctorate Programme at EGE University upon the recommendation of the department administration and with the approval of the Administrative Committee of the Graduate School. The decision taken will also include eligibility for exemption from some course requirements of the graduate program. Students who transfer from another university must be successful in the EGE University English Proficiency Exam or in an equivalent English examination. Recognition of prior non-formal and in-formal learning is at the beginning stage in Turkish Higher Education Institutions. Ege University is not an exception to this.

The doctorate programme consists of a minimum of seven courses, with a minimum of 21 national credits, a qualifying examination, a dissertation proposal, and a dissertation. The period allotted for the completion of the Doctorate programmes is normally eight semesters (four years). However, while it is possible to graduate in a shorter time, it is also possible to have an extension subject to the approval of the graduate school. The seminar course and thesis are non-credit and graded on a pass/fail basis. The total ECTS credits of the programme is 240 ECTS. A student may take undergraduate courses on the condition that the courses have not been taken during the undergraduate program. However, at most two of these courses may be counted to the Doctorate course load and credits. The PhD students are required to take the Doctoral Qualifying Examination, after having successfully completed taught courses. The examination consists of written and oral parts. The Doctoral Qualifying Committee determines by absolute majority whether a candidate has passed or failed the examination. Students who fail the Qualifying Examination may retake the examination the following semester. Students failing the Examination a second time are dismissed from the program. Students must register for thesis work and the Specialization Field course offered by his supervisor every semester following the semester, in which the supervisor is appointed. A dissertation supervisor who must hold the minimum rank of assistant professor is appointed for each PhD student. When the nature of the dissertation topic requires more than one supervisor, a joint-supervisor may be appointed. A joint-supervisor must hold a doctoral degree. Periodic monitoring of research work by a thesis monitoring committee is required to be awarded the Doctoral degree. A student who has completed work on the thesis within the time period, must write a thesis, using the data collected, according to the specifications of the Graduate School Thesis Writing Guide. The thesis must be defended in front of a jury. The thesis jury is appointed on the recommendations of the relevant Department Chairperson and with the approval of the Administrative Committee of the Graduate School. The jury is composed of the thesis supervisor and 5 faculty members. Of the appointed jury members, up to two may be selected from another Department or another University. The co-supervisor cannot be the jury member. Thesis defense by the candidate is open to all audience and a jury decides to grant/deny the Doctoral degree. A majority vote by the jury members determines the outcome of the thesis or examination. The vote can be for "acceptance", "rejection" or "correction". A student may be given, by a decision of the Administrative Committee of the Graduate School, up to six months to complete the corrections. The student must then retake the thesis examination.

Research, analysis and synthesis of lTurkish Languages and dialects works produced in Turkish states mainly in Central Asia, Caucasia and Balkans. Active involvement of student is required.

They can work as a researcher and a lecturer in universities and researh institutes and work as a teacher in the secondary education associations.

Graduates who succesfully completed doctorate degree may apply to both in the same or related disciplines in higher education institutions at home or abroad to get a position in academic staff or to governmental R&D centres to get expert position.

Students are obliged to attend courses, seminars and examinations. Attendance of students is monitored by the instructor involved. Students are subject to written exams for almost all of the compulsory and elective courses. Sometimes, seminars and term projectscan be counted as written exam. All the midterm exams are done in the ninth week of the semester. In each semester, a midterm examination is given for each course. Midterm date and the programme are announced by The Department during the first month the term starts. In addition to midterm examinations, a final exam is done for every course. Only if complying with The University’s academic calender, date and place of final exams will be announced at The Department. Students who could not attend exam due to their excuse can be given a right to take make-up examination given by The Board of Directors of The Institute of Social Sciences only if they have a valid excuse. Reports, projects and seminars regarding every course are assessed according to student’s performance in their presentation. In thecourses that they have midterm and final exams, the success point is calculated with the 40% of the midterm exam and the 60%of the final exam. In the evaluation carried out in accordance with this basis, for a student to be accepted successful, she/he has to have 75 pts min in Doctorate Programme.

Graduation requirements are explained in the section “Qualification Requirements and Regulations” .

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full Time

The Head of the Department of Turkic Language and Dialects Prof. Dr. Zeki Kaymaz, zeki.kaymaz@ege.edu.tr Phone: 0 232 311 10 10 – 2096/137 The Coordinator of ECTS Address: Aegean University, The Instıtute of Turkish World Researches 35100 Bornova, Izmir, TURKEY Phone: 0 232 311 10 10 – 2096/2958 Fax: 0 232 3427496 E-mail: tdae@mail.ege.edu.tr

Air-conditioned classrooms, speacialization library, conference room, canteen

Key Learning Outcomes

1 To be capable of comprehending language and understanding its specific rules.
2 To be capable of comprehending studies, schools and fields of linguistic, done on the branch of linguistic.
3 To be capable of comprehending studies of comparative linguistic and language families in these studies.
4 To be capable of comprehending the emerging of Altaistic, importance of Altaic language theory and the studies on these areas.
5 To be capable of comprehending and progressing Altaic languages and the last studies on the place of Turkish in Altaic languages.
6 To be capable of understanding the progressing stages of Turkish dialects and the studies on the classification of Turkish.
7 To be capable of analyzing the features of historical Turkish dialects and to be capable of reading and understanding the texts of historical Turkish dialects.
8 To be capable of analyzing the lingusitic features of historical Turkish dialects and to be capable of reading and understanding the texts of historical Turkish dialects.
9 To be capable of noticing the problems of contemporary Turkish dialects and to be capable of finding solution about these problems.
10 To be capable of being interested in the issues about language, history, geography, culture of societies speaking Turkic languages closely and to be capable of monitoring the progresses in these lands.
11 To be capable of getting sophisticated information about one or several branches of Turcology.
12 To be capable of understanding and using the sources written in dialects.
13 To be capable of getting every kind of sources, information, documents in the area of expertise; to be capable of determining the problems and making original contribution in the area of expertise
14 To be capable of using the accepted technics and terminology in Turcology.
15 To be capable of making discipliner and interdiscipliner, individual and collective studies.
16 To be capable of holding the ability of independence in taking decision, expressing the verbal and written ideas plainly.
17 To be capable of holding the professional and moral responsibility.
18 To be capable of using the information and ability of informative materials like bibliographic repertories, archieval inventories, electronic references.
19 To be capable of holding the ability of using the necessary specific means about the documents belonging to Turcology’s specific eras (like microfilm, epigraphy).
20 To be capable of holding the ability of using the computer and internet sources about Turcology productive and efficiently.
21 To be capable of studying about Turkish dialects in the area of expertise and if needed studying comparatively via other languages.
22 To be capable of holding the ability of getting efficient results via usuing the methods of the social science branches (history, archeology, history of art, folklore, etc.) related with the area of expertise closely.
23 To be capable of holding the ability of determining information sources and using them in accordance with the scientific methods (bibliography, documents, verbal testimony).
24 To be capable of classifying the sophisticated linguistic data via specific methods in the area of expertise and concluding logical results.
25 To be capable of holding the ability of publishing the studies via uniform expression.
26 To be capable of comprehending the necessity and importance of dialectological studies and studying on this area.

Key Programme Learning Outcomes - NQF for HE in Turkey

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COMPETENCES ( Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility )
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COMPETENCES ( Learning Competence )
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COMPETENCES ( Communication and Social Competence )
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Course Structure Diagram with Credits (60 ECTS per Full-Time Academic Year)

T : Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
1. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
9205016652020 Turkish Research Technıques and Ethıcs Compulsory 3 - - 6
TDA-DİLveLEH-DR-SDG1 Turkish ELECTIVE COURSES 1 Elective - - - 15
Total 3 0 0 21
2. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
DRSEM690 Turkish Semınar Compulsory - - - 6
TDA-DİLveLEH-DR-SDG2 Turkish ELECTIVE COURSES 2 Elective - - - 12
Total 0 0 0 18
3. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
DRUAD691 Turkish Specıalızatıon Fıeld Compulsory - - - 5
SOSDRYET790 Turkish Profıcıency ın PhD Compulsory - - - 25
Total 0 0 0 30
4. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
DRUAD691 Turkish Specıalızatıon Fıeld Compulsory - - - 5
SOSDRTEZONE Turkish Thesıs Proposal Compulsory - - - 5
Total 0 0 0 10
5. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
DRTEZ692 Turkish Thesıs Study Compulsory - - - 25
DRUAD691 Turkish Specıalızatıon Fıeld Compulsory - - - 5
Total 0 0 0 30
6. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
DRTEZ692 Turkish Thesıs Study Compulsory - - - 25
DRUAD691 Turkish Specıalızatıon Fıeld Compulsory - - - 5
Total 0 0 0 30
7. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
DRTEZ692 Turkish Thesıs Study Compulsory - - - 25
DRUAD691 Turkish Specıalızatıon Fıeld Compulsory - - - 5
Total 0 0 0 30
8. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
DRTEZ692 Turkish Thesıs Study Compulsory - - - 25
DRUAD691 Turkish Specıalızatıon Fıeld Compulsory - - - 5
Total 0 0 0 30
TDA-DİLveLEH-DR-SDG1 - ELECTIVE COURSES 1
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
9205016622021 Turkish Altaıstıc I : Introductıon Elective 3 - - 6
9205016642020 Turkish Yakut, Chuvash and Khalaj Turkısh Dıalects and Grammars Elective 3 - - 6
9205036051982 Turkish New Uıghur Turkısh Grammar Elective 3 - - 6
9205036091982 Turkish Yenıseı Turkısh Elective 3 - - 6
9205036172021 Turkish Modern Kıpchak Turkısh Language and Grammar I : Kyrgyz Turkısh Elective 3 - - 6
9205036252021 Turkish Comparatıve Turkısh Dıalects ın Turkey and Balkans I : Introductıon Elective 3 - - 6
9205036292017 Turkish GENERAL LİNGUİSTİCS Elective 3 - - 6
9205036312021 Turkish METHODS OF TEXT ANALYSİS I : Poetry Types Elective 3 - - 6
TDA-DİLveLEH-DR-SDG2 - ELECTIVE COURSES 2
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
9205016662021 Turkish Altaıstıc II : Phonetıcs and Morphology Elective 3 - - 6
9205036161982 Turkish Readıng Manuscrıpts In Manı and Syrıan Elective 3 - - 6
9205036182021 Turkish Modern Kıphchak Turkısh Languages and Grammar II : Kazakh Turkısh Elective 3 - - 6
9205036202017 Turkish Narratology Elective 3 - - 6
9205036222021 Turkish Methods of Text Analysıs II : Examples of Text Analysıs Elective 3 - - 6
9205036242017 Turkish Lexıcal Semantıcs Elective 3 - - 6
9205036262021 Turkish Compatarıve Turkısh Dıalects ın Turkey and Balkans II : Texts Analysıs Elective 3 - - 6
9205036282005 Turkish Texts Analysıs on Turkmen Turkısh Elective 3 - - 6
EBB6832017 Turkish Plannıng and Assesment ın Educatıon Elective 3 2 - 6
EBB6852017 Turkish Development and Learnıng Elective 3 - - 4