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| TDE2021 | Turkish Writing Systems | 2+0+0 | ECTS:2 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of TURKISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Emre TÜRKMEN | | Co-Lecturer | - | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To gain the qualifications related to learning alphabets used by Turks and direct students to this field. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Learn about the birth of writing and the development of the alphabet throughout history. | 1 - 2 - 5 - 8 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Gains knowledge about the alphabets used by Turks throughout history | 1 - 6 - 7 - 8 | 1,3, | | LO - 3 : | Gain knowledge about Runic alphabet and Uighur alphabet. | 1 - 7 - 8 | 1,3, | | LO - 4 : | Follow the historical process of Turkish language from the texts written in Arabic alphabet. | 1 - 2 - 6 - 8 | 1,3, | | LO - 5 : | To identify the features of Uyghur and Arabic orthographies in Turkish historical texts. | 2 - 5 | 1,3, | | LO - 6 : | Have knowledge of the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets and texts written in these alphabets. | 1 - 2 - 7 - 8 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The issue of the alphabet during the historical process of the Turkish language; the language analysis on Kokturk script that Turkish national alphabet; texts written in Uighur alphabet and Uighur Turkish; Arabic alphabet and Turkish texts with Arabic alphabet; Cyrillic alphabet and texts written in this alphabet. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The evolution of the world?s first writing systems and alphabets | | | Week 2 | The historical process of Turkish language | | | Week 3 | Information about the alphabets used by Turks in throughout history | | | Week 4 | Turkic runes and the Orkhon Inscriptions | | | Week 5 | Transfer of texts written by Kokturk and grammatical studies on these texts | | | Week 6 | Old Uighur Turks and Uighur Writing | | | Week 7 | Manichaean script, Sogdian writing, Brahmi writing, Tibetan writing, Syriac scripts, and Hebrew writing | | | Week 8 | Greek alphabet | | | Week 9 | Midterm exam | | | Week 10 | Samples of Turkish texts in Greek alphabet | | | Week 11 | Arabic alphabet | | | Week 12 | Samples of Turkish texts in terms of Uighur and Arabic orthographic features | | | Week 13 | Cyrillic alphabet | | | Week 14 | Latin alphabet | | | Week 15 | General review of the topics | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | TEKİN, Talât, 1997; Tarih Boyunca Türkçenin Yazımı, Simurg Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 2 | ŞİRİN - USER, Hatice, 2000; Başlangıcından Günümüze Türk Yazı Sistemleri, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara. | | | |
| 1 | ERCİLASUN, Ahmet Bican, 2005; Örneklerle Bugünkü Türk Alfabeleri, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara. | | | 2 | İlgili makaleler | | | 3 | Rona-Tas, A. 2021; "Turkic Writing Systems", Turkic Languages, Lars Johanson ve Eva A. Csato (Eds.), 2. Baskı içinde (121-131), Routledge Pub., London ve New York.
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| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 21/11/2025 | 60 dk | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | 08/01/2026 | 60 dk | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 60 |
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