[Bilimsel Haber] Turkish Studies MA program at Sabanci University (2007-2008)

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NEW M.A. PROGRAM IN TURKISH STUDIES AT SABANCI UNIVERSITY

The newly-established Turkish Studies MA program at Sabanci University
is accepting applications for the 2007-2008 academic year. The first
interdisciplinary graduate program in Turkish Studies in Turkey, its
primary purpose is to meet the growing international demand for
knowledge about Turkish culture, language, history, politics, and
economy. With a highly flexible curriculum which capitalizes on the
intellectual and scholarly resources available at one of Turkey¹s
leading private universities, the Turkish Studies MA program at Sabanci
University offers students a broad range of courses in History,
Political Science, Economics, and Cultural Studies. In addition, the
curriculum also seeks to meet the needs of those international students
who wish to learn Turkish language or improve their existing command of
the Turkish language.

The courses offered in the Turkish Studies M.A. Program in Fall 2007
include: 
--Social and Economic History of the Ottoman Empire
--Ottoman Reform Movements
--Caucasus and Its Hinterlands: Clans, Ethnicities and Nations in
Imperial Borderlands
--The Political Economy of Turkey
-- Issues and Concepts in Post 1960 Turkish Politics
--Turkish Foreign Policy
--Greek-Turkish Relations
--Turkey and the Middle East
--Local Government in Turkey and the EU
--Beginning and Intermediate Ottoman
--Introduction to Turkish.

The language of instruction at Sabanci University is English.
For more information about the program, visit the Sabanci University web
site www.sabanciuniv.edu and go to Arts & Social Sciences/Turkish
Studies MA.
For information about application procedures and deadlines please
contact Ayse Otenoglu at aotenoglu at sabanciuniv.edu