In this course the knowledge acquired in the previous level regarding grammar, syntax and vocabulary are promoted. Special attention is given to the translation from Turkish to Greek of various texts of high difficulty and also translation from Greek to Turkish of medium-difficulty texts. 

The desirable learning outcomes are:

• Very good reading and studying of long texts that mainly regard current problems and also short literature texts.
• Very good knowledge of the basic grammar and syntax structures of the Turkish language
• The ability of translation of texts of medium-high level of difficulty

The understanding of the way of thinking of the neighboring country, as expressed through language codes.

Because the provided knowledge in this semester is linked to the knowledge from the previous one, attention is given to the further widening of the students’ understanding regarding the text expression. The result is that the students can distinguish the various types of writing appearing in different texts.

Week 1:

Introduction into sentence analysis

Week 2:

Studying, analyzing and commenting on the translation of texts of increasing difficulty level (translation into Greek from texts such as Dış Politikada bir nefes, Olumlu düşünen başarılı olur, selections from  Özel arşivinden belgeler ve anılarıyla Vehbi Koç, selections from Türk Popüler Tarihinde ilkler, selections from 2015 seçimleri ve Türkiye’de hakim parti dönemi, selections from Edebiyat üstüne yazılar, selections from Bir kapıdan gireceksin)

Week 3:

Studying, analyzing and commenting on the translation of texts of increasing difficulty level (translation into Greek from texts such as Dış Politikada bir nefes, Olumlu düşünen başarılı olur, selections from  Özel arşivinden belgeler ve anılarıyla Vehbi Koç, selections from Türk Popüler Tarihinde ilkler, selections from 2015 seçimleri ve Türkiye’de hakim parti dönemi, selections from Edebiyat üstüne yazılar, selections from Bir kapıdan gireceksin)

Week 4:

Studying, analyzing and commenting on the translation of texts of increasing difficulty level (translation into Greek from texts such as Dış Politikada bir nefes, Olumlu düşünen başarılı olur, selections from  Özel arşivinden belgeler ve anılarıyla Vehbi Koç, selections from Türk Popüler Tarihinde ilkler, selections from 2015 seçimleri ve Türkiye’de hakim parti dönemi, selections from Edebiyat üstüne yazılar, selections from Bir kapıdan gireceksin)

Week 5:

Studying, analyzing and commenting on the translation of texts of increasing difficulty level (translation into Greek from texts such as Dış Politikada bir nefes, Olumlu düşünen başarılı olur, selections from  Özel arşivinden belgeler ve anılarıyla Vehbi Koç, selections from Türk Popüler Tarihinde ilkler, selections from 2015 seçimleri ve Türkiye’de hakim parti dönemi, selections from Edebiyat üstüne yazılar, selections from Bir kapıdan gireceksin)

Week 6:

Studying, analyzing and commenting on the translation of texts of increasing difficulty level (translation into Greek from texts such as Dış Politikada bir nefes, Olumlu düşünen başarılı olur, selections from  Özel arşivinden belgeler ve anılarıyla Vehbi Koç, selections from Türk Popüler Tarihinde ilkler, selections from 2015 seçimleri ve Türkiye’de hakim parti dönemi, selections from Edebiyat üstüne yazılar, selections from Bir kapıdan gireceksin)

Week 7:

Studying, analyzing and commenting on the translation of texts of increasing difficulty level (translation into Greek from texts such as Dış Politikada bir nefes, Olumlu düşünen başarılı olur, selections from  Özel arşivinden belgeler ve anılarıyla Vehbi Koç, selections from Türk Popüler Tarihinde ilkler, selections from 2015 seçimleri ve Türkiye’de hakim parti dönemi, selections from Edebiyat üstüne yazılar, selections from Bir kapıdan gireceksin)

Week 8:

Studying, analyzing and commenting on the translation of texts of increasing difficulty level (translation into Greek from texts such as Dış Politikada bir nefes, Olumlu düşünen başarılı olur, selections from  Özel arşivinden belgeler ve anılarıyla Vehbi Koç, selections from Türk Popüler Tarihinde ilkler, selections from 2015 seçimleri ve Türkiye’de hakim parti dönemi, selections from Edebiyat üstüne yazılar, selections from Bir kapıdan gireceksin)  

Week 9:

Translation into Turkish in thematology such as “where do you shop?”, “Renting a house”, “The weather in Istanbul”, “A discussion”, “Marianna takes a taxi”, “Mutlu”.

Week 10:

Translation into Turkish in thematology such as “where do you shop?”, “Renting a house”, “The weather in Istanbul”, “A discussion”, “Marianna takes a taxi”, “Mutlu”.

Week 11:

Translation into Turkish in thematology such as “where do you shop?”, “Renting a house”, “The weather in Istanbul”, “A discussion”, “Marianna takes a taxi”, “Mutlu”.

Week 12:

Audio texts

Week 13:

Audio texts

Kudret, Cevdet, (1999) Türk Edebiyatında Hikâye ve Roman (1, 2, 3) 

Terzioğlu, Kevser (2007) Türk Hikayelerinden Seçmeler 1.

Face to face / In this course a combination of new grammar knowledge is done (see new and relatively complex structures) and vocabulary with the presentation of texts of high difficulty, which contain the two previous elements. Moreover, there is solving of exercises and offering of studying material (audio and visual material, notes) in opencourses platform. 

The use of new technologies constitutes in interacting with the students through the visual representation of texts either for their translation or listening.

The evaluation of students is done exclusively through written examination in the end of the semester. The examination comprises of translation, Turkish-Greek and Greek-Turkish of unknown text of high difficulty. The type of examination is uploaded in opencourses.