SOCIOLOGY
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
TLL1003	Turkish Language and Literature I	Fall	2	0	2	2

Basic information

Language of instruction:	Turkish
Type of course:	Must Course
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	E-Learning
Course Coordinator :	Instructor KENAN SAYACI
Course Lecturer(s):	Instructor NEBİ CEYLAN Instructor KENAN SAYACI
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course aims to lead students to use Turkish as a native language both effectively and grammatically correct in verbal communication and writing. In addition to language awareness, it plans on to give general knowledge on Turkish literature and its history, to improve the ability of analyzing, interpreting and analytically thinking with the examples of literary texts.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course;

- will have the knowledge about the origin of languages, the theories of languages and the relation between language and culture.
- will have competent knowledge of historical development of Turkish while analyzing the structure of Turkish.
- will acquire writing ability effectively in conformity with grammar rules.
- will be able to be able to discuss and write about sociological context of a given short stories, poems and related matters.

Course Content

General Knowledge About Language: the origin of languages, the theories of languages and the relation between language and culture.
Grammar: Phonology, spelling rules, punctuation marks, expression disorder
Turkish Culture: Analysis on the historical development of Turkish and discussion of contemporary problems of Turkish over selected articles.
Short Stories and Poems: Analysis on a specific Turkish stories and poems.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	General Knowledge About Language	The origin of languages, the theories of languages and the relation between language and culture.
2)	Grammar	Phonology
3)	Grammar	Spelling rules
4)	Grammar	Punctuation marks
5)	Grammar	Expression disorder
6)	Turkish Culture	“Türkçe Üzerine”, Alev Alatlı “Değişen Türkçemiz” “Türkçe Sorunu”, Murat Belge
7)	Turkish Culture	“Türkçenin Geleceği”, Hayati Develi “Türkçenin Güncel Sorunları”, Prof. Dr. Cahit KAVCAR “Türkçenin Güncel Sorunları”, Prof. Dr. Şükrü Haluk Akalın
8)	Short Story	“Pandomima”, Sami Paşazade Sezai “Ecir ve Sabır”, Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar “Ferhunde Kalfa”, Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil
9)	Short Story	Himmet Çocuk”, Halide Edip Adıvar “Hanende Melek”, Sabahattin Ali
10)	Short Story	“Lüzumsuz Adam”, Sait Faik Abasıyanık “Uyku”, Orhan Kemal “Parasız Yatılı”, Fürüzan
11)	Short Story	“Usta Beni Öldürsene”, Bilge Karasu “Beyaz Mantolu Adam”, Oğuz Atay
12)	Poetry	The poets and the piece of their poems: Yunus Emre, Hacı Bayram-ı Veli, Pir Sultan Abdal, Kaygusuz Abdal, Karacaoğlan, Dadaloğlu, Âşık Veysel, Fuzuli, Baki, Hayali, Nef’i, Nedim Bercesteler
13)	Poetry	The poets and the piece of their poems: Ziya Paşa, Namık Kemal, Tevfik Fikret, Ahmet Haşim, Ziya Gökalp, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Orhan Veli Kanık, Neyzen Tevfik, Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
14)	Poetry	Nazım Hikmet, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Asaf Halet Çelebi, Atilla İlhan, Özdemir Asaf, Cemal Süreya Turgut Uyar, Edip Cansever, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, İlhan Berk, Birhan Keskin
15)	Final Exam
16)	Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Ders notları.

References:

Mehmet Kaplan, Dili ve Kültür, İstanbul: Dergah Yayınları, 2001.
Nihad Sami Banarlı, Türkçenin Sırları, İstanbul: L&M Yayıncılık, 2007.
Doğan Aksan, Türkçenin Gücü, İstanbul: Bilgi Yayınevi, 2001
Tanzimattan Günümüze Türk Öykü Antolojisi, Der. Yaşar Nabi Nayır, Enver Ercan, İstanbul: Varlık, 1994.
Çağdaş Türk Şiiri Antolojisi 1/2, Der. Mehmet Fuat, İstanbul: Adam, 1992.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Application	6	% 30
Midterms	1	% 10
Final	1	% 60
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	2	28
Study Hours Out of Class	2	6	12
Homework Assignments	10	1	10
Midterms	1	3	3
Final	1	4	4
Total Workload			57

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.	1
2)	To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3)	To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4)	To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes	4
5)	To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills	3
6)	To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7)	To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8)	To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9)	To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10)	To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11)	To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12)	To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.