TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	2
SEMESTER	Fourth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	3
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Süer Eker Assistant Professor Bilge Gökter Gençer
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Indicate the historical and cultural status of the Turks before Islam. 2) Classify the texts of the Old Turkic belonging to the Uighur period. 3) Explain the phonetics, morphology, and syntax features of old Uighur Turkic. 4) Recognize the Uighur alphabet. 5) Analyze the morphological features of the words in a Uighur text.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	In this course, Uyghur literature works and alphabets used in Buddhist and Manichaean circles are introduced in the context of Uyghur Turkish, and the language is examined on selected texts.The aim of the course is to introduce students to the oldest period of Turkic languages that can be witnessed with written documents and to teach grammatical changes and developments in Turkic languages since this period.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introducing basic sources and informing about the scope of the course 2nd Week General characteristics of Old Turkish and Uyghur Turkish 3rd Week Uyghur culture and history 4th Week Uyghur literature and manuscripts of this period 5th Week Examination of the language and tranlation to Turkish 6th Week Examination of the language and tranlation to Turkish 7th Week Examination of the language and tranlation to Turkish 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Examination of the language and tranlation to Turkish 10th Week Examination of the language and tranlation to Turkish 11th Week Examination of the language and tranlation to Turkish 12th Week Examination of the language and tranlation to Turkish 13th Week Examination of the language and tranlation to Turkish 14th Week General review
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Aksan, Doğan. En Eski Türkçenin İzlerinde. İstanbul: Simurg, 2001. Caferoğlu, Ahmet. Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü. İstanbul: Enderun Kitabevi, 1993. Demir, Nurettin ve Emine Yılmaz. Türk Dili El Kitabı. Ankara: Grafiker Yayınları, 2003. Eraslan, Kemal (2012). Eski Uygur Türkçesi Grameri. Ankara: TDK Yay. Erdal, Marcel. Old Turkic Word Formation: A Functional Approach to the Lexicon. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1991. Gabain, A. Von. Eski Türkçenin Grameri. Ankara: TDK Yayınları, 2003. Şirin User, Hatice (2009). Köktürk ve Ötüken Uygur Kağanlığı Yazıtları: Söz Varlığı İncelemesi. Konya: Kömen Yay.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 35 Assignment 1 15 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 1 14 Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15 Course hours 14 2 28 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 15 15 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework 1 10 10 Total Workload 84 Total Workload / 30 2,8 ECTS Credits of the Course 3
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No