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Turkisk Minor
The minor in Turkish language and culture requires that a student accumulate a total of five credits, three of which must be at the 100 level or above. Two of the five credits must be earned in courses taught in Turkish. Regional courses dealing with the Balkans, Eurasia, Islam, and/or the Middle East count toward the minor. A list of courses that qualify for the minor can be obtained from the Slavic and Eurasian Studies department or by emailing goknar@duke.edu.

Turkish

TUR 1. Elementary Turkish.
FL
Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Turkish. Course credit contingent upon successful completion of Turkish 2. One course. Goknar

TUR 2. Elementary Turkish.
FL
Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Turkish. Second half of Turkish 1-2; required for credit for Turkish 1. Prerequisite: Turkish 1. One course. Goknar

TUR 10. Intensive Turkish Language and Culture I.
ALP, FL
Accelerated study of contemporary Turkish language and important elements of Turkish culture. Intended for students with no previous knowlwdge of Turkish interested in achieving significant proficiency in speaking, reading, writing, grammar and listening comprehension and appropriate use of culltureal construts. One course. Goknar

TUR 11. Accelerated Turkish Language and Culture II.
ALP, FL
Continuation of Turkish 10. Intermediate level of proficiency in five areas; grammar, speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing. Language taught embedded in cultural constructs. Classroom and laboratory practice in spoken and written patterns. Prerequisite: Turkish 10 or equivalent. One course. Goknar

TUR 63. Intermediate Turkish.
FL
Classroom and laboratory practice in spoken and written patterns. Readings in contemporary literature. Prerequisite: Turkish 1 and 2, 14 or consent of instructor. One course. Goknar

TUR 100. Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in Turkish.
CZ, FL
Topics vary by sections. One course. Staff

TUR 101S. Contemporary Turkish Composition and Readings.
CCI, FL
Advanced grammar and syntax with intense composition component. Analytical readings in the original. Prerequisite: Turkish 70 or equivalent. One course. Goknar

TUR 102S. Contemporary Turkish Composition and Readings.
CCI, FL
Continuation of Turkish 101S. Prerequisite: Turkish 101S. One course. Goknar

TUR 105S. The Middle East through Historical Literature .
ALP, CZ, CCI, CZ
Examines various representations of the Middle East through historical fiction, travelogues, and memoir (and some film). Addresses how US/European and local authors have represented Mid. Eastern historical periods and identities from the Ottoman context to the present. Focuses on the relationships between history, literature and identity. Secondary readings in imperialismm, nationalism, violence, gender, and colonialism. Open only to students in the Focus Program. One course. Goknar

TUR 106S. Tracing Muslim Identities in Eurasia.
ALP, CZ, CCI, EI
Seminar compares and contrast historical representations of Muslim people and communities in Eurasia by analyzing travelogues, fiction, memoir, and film. In this context, "Eurasia" is taken to include ethnically and religiously contested regions of Central Asia, the Ottoman Empire/Turkey, and the Balkans. Will address the ways in which "outsider" and local writers have represented these conflicted regions. Discussion will furthermore focus on how "texts" themselves function to both create and question individual, group and religious identities. Open only to students in the Focus Program. One course. Goknar

TUR 120S. From Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic: Narrative and Culture.
ALP, CCI, CZ
Twentieth-century Ottoman/Turkish culture examined through Turkish literature in translation. Primary focus on the Turkish Republic's love-hate relationship with Ottoman cultural past through poetry, prose, and autobiography. Historical background, cultural revolution, nationalism, identity, colonialism, and orientalism. Knowledge of Turkish not required. One course. Goknar

TUR 132. Representing the Middle East.
CZ, SS, CCI, EI
Diverse representations of the Middle East by communities inside and outside the region. Travelogues, films, photography, literature, newspapers/media and memoir from the late nineteenth-century Ottoman context to the modern Middle East. Readings on identity, orientalism, violence, gender, and (post) colonialism.CL: Asian and Africian Languages and Literatures 132, Cultural Anthropology 132 and History 131B. One course. Goknar and Stein

TUR 135. Identity and Cultural History: The Ottoman Context.
ALP, CCI, CZ, R
Readings in history, cultural studies, and literature to examine transformation in Ottoman identity during rise and decline of empire. Topics include Islam, art and architecture, historiography, and ethnicity. Social and political forces that led to Ottoman successes and failure, including religious tolerance, military power, and Capitulations. Interdisciplinary focus. Taught in English. CL: Cultural Anthropology 152, Religion 161F, History 141A. One course. Goknar

TUR 138S. Russia, Turkey and the Cultures of Eurasia.
ALP, CCI
Examination of connections between Russian and Ottoman/Turkish culture and identity as reflected in literature and film. Focus on comparative aspects of imperial rule, cultural revolution, gender, national identity and aesthetic understanding. Open only to students in the Focus program. CL: Russian 138S. One course. Gheith and Goknar

TUR 195. Advanced Turkish.
CCI, FL
Intensive reading and conversation with emphasis on analysis of contemporary Turkish literary and cultural text. Refinement of oral and written language skills. Turkish media, including television and films. Prerequisite: Turkish 102S or consent of instructor. One course. Goknar

TUR 196. Advanced Turkish: Readings, Translation and Syntax.
CCI, FL
Continuation of Turkish 195. Prerequisite: Turkish 195 or consent of instructor. One course. Goknar

TUR 235. Identity and Cultural History: The Ottoman Context.
ALP, CCI, CZ, R
Reading and assessment of new scholarship on Ottoman culture, society, politics, and state. Supplemented by critical texts on historiography, identity, gender, religion and orientalism. Topics include "gazi thesis," secular and Islamic law, "kadi justice," everyday life, and role of women. Final research project with interdisciplinary focus. One course. Goknar