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Turkish Language Program

The language education that is provided at Stanford University Language Center focuses mainly on speaking, reading, writing and listening skills that are crucial for learners to live, work, study and research in the target culture in the lights of ACTFL National Standards for Foreign Language Education.

Turkish language classes are designed for contemporary learners who are intersted in Turkish language and culture, Ottoman History with relations to Modern Turkey, Anatolian Civilizations, Turkish Cuisine, International Relations and EU relations, ethnic and religious mosaic of Turkey, modern Turkish community and gender roles but most importantly learners who are  willing to read, write, speak and understand Turkish.

Completion of Accelerated First Year Turkish Part 1 and Part 2 (Amelang 84A and Amelang 84B) satisfies the one year university foriegn language requirement.

About Turkish Language

Turkish is one of the major languages of the World with over 80 million native speakers. It is the official language of the Republic of Turkey and it is widely spoken in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Australia and in the United States.

Turkish is a Subject Object Verb order language

Gender, Definite, Indefinite articles do not exist.

Latin Alphabet was introduced in 1928 by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk to replace Ottoman Alphabet.

Turkish is one of the about twenty language that constitute the Turkic Language Family.

Turkish is not related to any of the major languages of the Middle East such as Arabic, Persian and Hebrew.

Turkish Lexicon is made up mostly native words and loanwords from Arabic and Persian. 

Turkish Alphabet

A  B  C  Ç  D  E  F  G  Ğ  H  I  İ  J  K  L  M  N  O  Ö  P  R  S  Ş  T  U  Ü  V  Y  Z

Courses

Turkish Language Courses at Stanford Language Center are part of African and Middle Eastern Studies Program. 

AMELANG 84 - Accelerated First Year Turkish

AMELANG 184 - First Year Turkish 

AMELANG 185 - Second Year Turkish

AMELANG 186 - Third Year Turkish

AMELANG 15T - Intermediate to Advance Turkish Conversation 

Link to Explore Courses:

https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?view=catalog&filter-coursestatus-Active=on&page=0&catalog=&academicYear=&q=ergul&collapse=

People

Saadet Ebru Ergul,

Lecturer in Turkish, African and Middle Eastern Languages Program,

Stanford Language Center, 450 Serra Mall, BLG. 240, Room 210, Stanford, CA 94305-2000

sergul@stanford.edu

Related Links

Stanford University Language Center

Stanford University Department of Comperative Literature

The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies

The Mediterranean Studies Forum at Stanford University

Ottoman and Turkish Studies

Stanford University Turkish Student Association

Turkish American Organizations in the U.S

Scholorships Opportunities 

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