Arabic & Islamic Studies

Turkish

Courses Offered

Intensive 1st Level Turkish (6 credits) Fall and Spring sequence
Intermediate Turkish (3 credits) Fall and Spring sequence
Advanced Turkish (3 credits) Fall and Spring sequence
Media Turkish (3 credits)
Introduction to Turkish Culture (3 credits)
Central Asian Cultures (3 credits)

Current courses

Faculty

Sylvia Wing Önder, Ph.D.     

Zeynep Gur, Adjunct Lecturer    

Other Georgetown Faculty with Turkish Studies interests
 
Gabor Agoston, Ph.D. History
Charles King, Ph.D. Government
Sylvia Wing Önder, Ph.D. Eastern Mediterranean Languages __

Scott Redford, Ph.D. School of Foreign Service ___
David Cuthell, Ph.D. School of Foreign Service 
Barbara Stowasser, Ph.D. Arabic
Faruk Tabak, Ph.D. History
Judith E. Tucker, Ph.D. History
Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, Ph.D.___
James A. Millward, Ph.D. History ___
    

Links

Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies

National Resource Center on the Middle East
 
McGhee Program in Alanya


Washington-Area Resources
 
Institute of Turkish Studies

Past Course Offerings
Spring, 2001
Empires of the Steppes: History of Central Asia
___ Dr. James Millward History 221
Post-Soviet Peoples and Cultures: Asia
___ Dr. Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer Sociology 404
Central Asian Cultures: Literature and the Arts
___ Dr. Sylvia Wing Önder Turkish 362
Readings: Ottoman Documents
___ Dr. Gabor Agoston History 767
The American Century: Economic Development in Turkey
___ Dr. Faruk Tabak INAF 381
Turkey and World Affairs
___ Dr. Sabri Sayari INAF 468

Fall, 2000
Contemporary Turkish Politics
___ Dr. Sabri Sayari International Affairs 495
East/West: Cross-Cultural Encounters in Art & Literature
___ Dr. Sylvia Wing Önder CULP 338
History of the Ottoman Empire & Modern Turkey
___ Dr. Gabor Agoston History 261
Globalization: Intersocietal Relations
___ Dr. Faruk Tabak INAF 507

Spring, 2000
Modernism and Tradition in Turkey and Central Asia
___ Dr. Sylvia Wing Önder INAF 168
Post-Soviet Peoples and Cultures: Asia
___ Dr. Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer Sociology 404
Turkey and World Affairs
___ Dr. Sabri Sayari International Affairs 468

 

Fall, 1999
Introduction to Turkish Culture
___ Dr. Sylvia Wing Önder Turkish 351
History of the Ottoman Empire & Modern Turkey
___ Dr. Gabor Agoston History 261
Readings: Ottoman Documents
___ Dr. Gabor Agoston History 766
Contemporary Turkish Politics
___ Dr. Sabri Sayari International Affairs 495 Spring, 1999
Turkey: From Empire to Republic
___ Dr. Gabor Agoston History 269/569
Readings: Ottoman Documents
___ Dr. Gabor Agoston History 767
Post-Soviet Peoples and Cultures: Asia
___ Dr. Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer Sociology 404
Politics and Society of Russia: II
___ Dr. Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer Government 570
History and Politics of Central Asia
___ Dr. Roger Kangas Government 506
Empires of the Steppes: History of Central Asia
___ Dr. James Millward History 221
Turkic Folklore and Literature: Treasures of the Silk Road
___ Dr. Sylvia Wing Önder Turkish 352
Ottoman History
___ Dr. Scott Redford History 107 (offered at Alanya, Turkey)
Turkey and World Affairs
___ Dr. Sabri Sayari International Affairs 468

 

Fall, 1998
History of the Ottoman Empire & Modern Turkey
___Dr. Gabor Agoston History 261
Readings: Ottoman Documents
___Dr. Gabor Agoston History 766
In Search of Everyday Life in Turkey
___Dr. Sylvia Wing Önder Turkish 351
Contemporary Turkish Politics
___Dr. Sabri Sayari International Affairs 495

 

Events