Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1TLL 307Intensive Basic Ottoman Turkish2+8+061025.10.2025
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Lisans Dil Dersleri
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course This is a course designed to constitute a solid introduction to the Ottoman language and script. It provides a rigorous familiarization with the technical aspects of the Ottoman script in conjunction with a comprehensive review of the grammatical characteristics of Ottoman Turkish.
Course Content the sequence that it launches is as a whole more intensive than most standard beginning Ottoman courses, and aims to enable students to take more thematically focused advanced paleography courses.
Course Methods and Techniques In-class teaching
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. Vehbi Baysan
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Timurtaş, Faruk K. (1987) Osmanlı Türkçesine Giriş: Eski Yazı, Gramer, Aruz, Metinler. Tarihi Türkiye Türkçesi Araştırmaları 1. 9th impr. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayınları.
Kurt, Yılmaz (2002). Osmanlıca dersleri. 2 vols. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları.
Develi, Hayati (2004). Osmanlı Türkçesi Kılavuzu. Vol. 1. 6nd impr. İstanbul: Kitabevi.
Course Notes Sources/Content
Various primary sources written in Ottoman-Turkish
Documents https://canvas.ihu.edu.tr/
Assignments https://canvas.ihu.edu.tr/
Exams https://canvas.ihu.edu.tr/

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 30
Assignment 6 % 30
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
8
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 140 1 140
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 40 3 120
Assignments 12 3 36
Mid-terms 1 3 3
Final examination 1 3 3
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 10 302

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 It is designed to constitute a solid introduction to the Ottoman language and script
2 aims to enable students to take more thematically focused advanced paleography courses

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Arabic numbers, Arabic letters: standard form, transcription, linking letters
2 Arabic alphabet, linking letters
3 Plural and declination of Turkish nouns
4 Conjugation of Turkish verbs: Present tense, aorist, past definitive, including the negative forms
5 Participles and adverbial expressions derived from verbs
6 Conjugation of Turkish verbs
7 Regular verbal substantives of roots with three consonants
8 Regular verbal substantives of roots with three consonants
9 Persian izafet
10 Persian izafet
11 Irregular verbal substantives of roots with three consonants
12 Irregular verbal substantives of roots with three consonants
13 Active and passive participles
14 Active and passive participles

 
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Veri yok
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
All 5 5 5 3 3 4 5 4
C1 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3
C2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant