Lesson plan / OTTOMAN TURKISH I

Lesson Information

Course Credit 3.0
Course ECTS Credit 6.0
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Compulsory
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? Z
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. (Ph.D.) ELVİN YILDIRIM
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course The aim of this course is to examine the Turkic texts which were written in Arabic alphabet by introducing the Arabic letters that were used the longest in Turkish.
Course Content Relation between language and writings, alphabets that are used by Turks, Arabic letters and old alphabet, general principles of Turkish words' writing are examined.

Weekly Course Subjects

1A short overview of writing, History of the Ottoman language text, writings, Arabic alphabet and introduction to literacy work.
2The inscription of letters.
3Letter groups: vowels, Med letters etc.
4Vowel words in Turkish Language.
5Harf-i tarif, kameri ve şemsi letters, the unread letters eventhough written.
6Numbers, figures.
7An overview of the calendar system, date conversion, day and month names, and its short forms.
8Appendix in Turkish.
9Appendix with verb.
10Turkish affixes.
11Adjectives and pronouns in Turkish.
12Adverbs and prepositions in Turkish.
13Introduction to basic Arabic (Writing "sahih" and "illet" letters, "Elif" and "hemze")
14Introduction to basic Persian (sentence structures), general repetition and reading text.

Resources

1-Hayati Develi, Osmanlı Türkçesi Klavuzu 1-2, İstanbul, Genel Dağıtım Kitabevi, 2002.
2-Ergin, Muharrem. Osmanlıca Dersleri. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayınları, 1962.
3-Timurtaş, Faruk K. Osmanlı Türkçesine Giriş. İstanbul: Umur Reklâmcılık ve Matbaacılık, 1983.
4- Şemsettin Sami, Kamus-ı Türkî
5- Ak, Mahmut-Fahamettin Başar, Osmanlı Türkçesi, Gramer, Tarihi Metinler, Belgeler, Dünya yay., İstanbul 2004.
6- Devellioğlu, Ferit, Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lügat, Aydın Kitabevi, 2013.