TRC 104 - Ottoman Turkish II

To gain the ability to read and understand the basic and advanced texts written in this alphabet by learning the Ottoman alphabet and benefiting from these texts; To gain the ability to write sentences with the Ottoman alphabet; To gain the ability to understand whether the word is Turkish, Arabic or Persian. To learn the writing and spelling used during the historical millennium of Turkish, to inform about the Arabic and Persian words which are the sources of many words currently used in our language and their derivatives.

Ottoman Turkish is the language of our ancestors. Learning the language of this writing is very important to us Turks; Because through this article, we must teach the history and culture of a long period belonging to our past to future generations with the help of this article. With this idea, the general structure of Ottoman Turkish in our school is aimed at writing, reading and teaching Ottoman Turkish alphabet. The basic knowledge of Ottoman Turkish, spelling rules and text studies are other studies in this curriculum.

Develi,Hayati. (2012). Osmanlı Türkçesi Kılavuzu II. İstanbul: Kesit Yayınları.

Külekçi, Numan. (2011). Osmanlı Türkçesi. İstanbul: Sahhaflar Kitap Sarayı Yayınları.

Timurtaş, Faruk Kadri. (2017). Osmanlı Türkçesine Giriş 2. İstanbul: Alfa Basım Dağıtım.

Sami, Şemseddin. (2015). Kamus-ı Türki. İstanbul: Çağrı Yayınları.

Ak, Mahmut, Başar, Fahameddin. (2008). Osmanlı Türkçesi. İstanbul: Dünya Yayıncılık.

Timurtaş, Faruk Kadri. (1996). Osmanlı Türkçesi Metinleri. İstanbul: Alfa Basım Dağıtım.

Devellioğlu, Ferit. ( 2016). Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat. İstanbul: Aydın Kitabevi.

Kanar, Mehmet. (2015). Farsça-Türkçe Sözlük. İstanbul: Say Yayınları.

Ottoman Turkish course is learned with theory, but practice is essential. Practice the relevant section from Hayati Develi's  Osmanlı Türkçesi Kılavuzu, which is shown in the list of resources after each lesson, and read the texts.

There are texts at the back of the book. Read these texts from the first week.

Lugate yiğitlik olmaz.  

It is a valid expression for all languages, including Ottoman Turkish. Dictionary is an indispensable basis in text studies. For every word we do not know, we should look up the dictionary without being lazy. For words we know we should look up twice. Our minds deceive us.

Evaluation will be done as follows:

20% Midterm Exam

15% Practice Exam

15% Homework

50% Final Exam

"Practice exam" has great importance in course evaluation criteria. Practice exam will be done in the form of reading and writing text in the course. Please make your practice exam preparations by doing your daily repetitions from the first lesson. No information will be given before practice exam. Therefore, please come prepared to every lesson. Practice exam is a prerequisite for passing the course. Students who do not practice will not be taken to the final and make-up exams, even if they meet all the other criteria.