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This course aims at students' understanding of modern
Turkish texts, namely short stories, poems,
articles, essays, and theses written from 1910s up
to the present. Building on the language skills
acquired in intermediate level Turkish grammar
courses, the course will help students improve
their reading and writing skills in Turkish. Readings
will cover topics in modern Turkish
language, history, literature, society, and politics, and
will support students' actual research in Turkish Studies or
related fields. Assignments will include: reading of the
daily course material; translations from and
into Turkish; response papers and essays
written in Turkish; work on vocabulary concentration
and work on colloquial, idiomatic, and technical phrases.
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