The Faculty of Letters is the largest faculty of the most prominent university of Turkey, Istanbul University, whose origin dates back to the Ottoman Empire. The Faculty consists of 17 departments[1], 57 units and 8 research centers in various areas, where 7861 students study in diverse undergraduate and graduate programs. The faculty enjoys a multicultural reputation for hosting national and international symposia and publishing both national and internationally acknowledged 21 periodicals across a broad range of disciplines. It is a home to many teaching and researching programs and centers which also pride in educating researchers for other universities in Turkey.[2]

The Faculty of Letters received the Erasmus Charter in 2004 and thus confirmed its international status having started partnership with world-class universities.

The Department of Turkish Language and Literature has been one of the first to be re- established (1933) within the framework of the university reforms carried out with the foundation of the Turkish Republic. It has a total of 378 undergraduate students and 60 graduate and PhD students following different programs in its various units. The head of the department is Prof. Dr. Mustafa Özkan. It has an academic staff of 36 full, associate and assistant professors and research assistants.

The Department of Turkish Language and Literature has received 3 students as a host university and has sent 2 students abroad to partner universites within the Erasmus Charter since September 2005. There has been also mobility on the teaching staff level; Prof Dr. Yekta Saraç has visited SOAS, University of London and Prof. Dr. Rein Raud from Tallin University has visited Istanbul University.

The list of the Bileteral Agreements between Istanbul University The Department of Turkish Language and Literature and the various universities is listed below.

University	Land	Student Exchange		Teaching Staff Exchange		Period of Validity
University	Land	Outgoing	Incoming	Outgoing	Incoming	Period of Validity
The University of Manchester	U.K.	2	2	-	-	2007-2008
Adam Mickiewicz University	Poland	1	1	2	2	2007-2008
National and Kopodistrian University of Athens	Greece	-	3	1	1	2007-2008
SOAS, University of London	U.K.	9	9	1	-	2005-2008
Tallinn Pedagogical University	Estonia	3	3	1	1	2005-2008

2. ECTS Credits of the Courses

of the Department of Turkish Language and Literature

1st YEAR

1st Semester (p. 5 - 12 ) 2nd Semester (p. 13 – 20)

Code	Name of the Course	CR	ECTS	Code	Name of the Course	CR	ECTS
24	Introduction to Turcology	2	3	1	Turkish Tribes	2	3
164	Turkey Turkish Grammar I	2	3	171	Main Source of Turkish Folklore Literature	2	3
165	Sorts in New Turkish Literature	2	3	172	Turkey Turkish Grammar II	2	3
166	Knowledge of Verse	2	3	173	Methods of Text Analyses	2	3
167	Introduction to Ottoman Turkish I	6	5	174	Introduction to Turkish Folklore Literature	2	3
168	Introduction to Old Turkish Literature	2	3	175	History of Turkish Language	2	3
169	Folklore	2	3	176	Literary Techniques	2	3
170	Introduction to New Turkish Literature	2	3	177	Introduction to Ottoman Turkish II	6	5
Total		18	26	Total		18	26

2nd YEAR

3rd Semester (p. 21 – 26) 4th Semester (p.27 - 32)

Code	Name of the Course	CR	ECTS	Code	Name of the Course	CR	ECTS
66	Ottoman Turkish Grammar I	2	4	6	Turkey Turkish Syntax II	2	5
178	Turkey Turkish Syntax I	2	5	194	Ottoman Turkish Grammar II	2	4
179	New Turkish Literature I	2	4	195	Epope in Turkish Folk Literature	2	4
180	Mythology-Legend	2	4	196	Old Uigur Turkish	2	5
181	Old Turkish	2	5	197	Turkish Literature History of XV. Century	2	4
182	Turkish Literature History of XI.–XIV. Centuries	2	4	198	New Turkish Literature II	2	4
	Elective	4	4		Elective	4	4
Total		16	30	Total		16	30

3rd YEAR

5th Semester (p.33 - 37) 6th Semester (p.38 - 43)

Code	Name of the Course	CR	ECTS	Code	Name of the Course	CR	ECTS
9	Tales and Folk Stories	2	5	222	Traditional Folk Plays	2	4
28	Karakhanid Turkish	4	6	220	Caghatay Turkish	2	4
68	Old Anatolian Turkish Grammar	2