[Bilimsel Haber] Turkish Literature MA and PhD Programs at Bilkent University [T Halman]

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Bilkent University
Department of Turkish Literature
MA and PhD Graduate Programs

Bilkent University's Department of Turkish Literature offers graduate
studies at M.A. and Ph.D. level. The areas of specialization cover the
Pre-Islamic, Selchuk, Ottoman, Tanzimat, and Modern Republican periods. Folk
literature is also a recommended field. (Literary studies relating to other
Turkic nations
are not offered).

The Department was established in 1998. Its faculty consists of Talat S.
Halman, Chairman, Semih Tezcan, Hilmi Yavuz, Öcal Oğuz, Mehmet Kalpaklı,
Nuran Tezcan, Laurent Mignon, Kudret Emiroğlu and others. (In the past years
the Department has had such faculty members as İlhan Başgöz, Robert Dankoff,
Victoria Holbrook, Metin And, Sevda Şener, Süha Oğuzertem et al.) The
Department has so far awarded 80 MAs and 9 PhDs, most of whom are employed
at universities in Turkey and abroad. Some are employed as editors or lycee
teachers.

The Department publishes the annual "Journal of Turkish Literature", the
only English-language scholarly journal devoted to Turkish literature in its
entirety. Although Bilkent's language of instruction is English, the
Department of Turkish Literature conducts all its work (courses, lectures,
homeworks, essays, exams and theses) exclusively in Turkish. However,
students are expected to prove their proficiency in English before they
complete their MAs. PhD applicants must prove their English-language
proficiency before they are admitted. On the average the department accepts
up to 12 students to its MA program and 5 into the PhD program each year.
The application deadline is about the 10th of June every year. The
applicants are required to write essays in person and take interviews with
the faculty.

An undergraduate degree in Turkish literature is NOT a prerequisite for
entering the MA or the PhD program. All students entering the MA program
must take a preparatory year. The second year is devoted to further courses
in Turkish literature. The third year almost in its entirety is for thesis
writing. Almost without exception all PhD students who have their masters
from universities other than Bilkent or do not hold a master's degree from
Bilkent's Department of Turkish Literature are required to spend their first
year taking preparatory courses and if they are considered successful, they
may then be admitted as regular PhD students.

All students who are admitted to the Department are normally given tuition
waiver and monthly stipends. Students from outside of Ankara are eligible
for free campus housing in shared graduate dormitory rooms. The Department
is unique in the world in that it provides completely free graduate work
plus stipends, etc. for all of its students (the total number varies from 50
to 60).

General information on Bilkent University can be found on the website:
<http://www.bilkent.edu.tr> http://www.bilkent.edu.tr
The Department of Turkish Literature has its own website at:
<http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~tebsite/bolum.htm>
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~tebsite/bolum.htm
For details about application requirements, please see:
<http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent/academic/graduate/gra-req9.html>
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent/academic/graduate/gra-req9.html

As well as the application form, applicants should submit an evidence of
language and ALES/GRE results and two reference letters.
Application materials can be downloaded from:
<http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent/academic/graduate/gra-appform.html>
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent/academic/graduate/gra-appform.html

For telephone queries, please contact the Turkish Literature Department
Secretary, Ceyda Akpolat, at 0312-2902711.
Email enquires may be sent to:
turkedeb at bilkent.edu.tr 

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