Old Anatolian Turkish

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Topics

Study Materials

1

Definition of Old Anatolian Turkish, and its stages; primary works on the language and literature of this period

2

Changes of vowels and consonants in Old Anatolian Turkish; changes in affixes

3

Changes of vowels and consonants in Old Anatolian Turkish; major nominal affixes and pronominals with such suffixes

4

Question words, adverbials, person suffixes, tense and modal suffixes 

5

Introduction to primary works in poetry and prose in Old Anatolian Turkish; the basic vocabulary of Old Anatolian Turkish in the 15th and 16th century; transition to Ottoman Turkish

6

Ahmed-i Fakih; reading of Çarhnâme (written in Old Anatolian Turkish with Arabic alphabet)

7

Sultan Veled and his poetry

8

Life of Yunus Emre, the greatest poet of the period of Old Anatolian Turkish; his place in the literature of his time; his contribution to Turkish literature

9

Reading of Saltukname ve Danişmendname, two well-known examples of prose from Old Anatolian Turkish period, and linguistic analyses of these texts; Varka and Gülşah by Yusf-i Meddah

10

The language of the period of Anatolian Beyliks; known poets of the period

11

Reading fragments of Mantıku’t-tayr by Gülşehrî, its linguistic characteristics

12

Introduction of Hoca Mesud’s mesnevi Süheyl ü Nevbahar; reading and simplification studies on the text

13

Readings from Şeyhî’s mesnevi Hüsrev ü Şirin; identification of linguistic properties of Old Anatolian Turkish spoken in 14-15th century

14

Reading fragments of Garibname, which is the greatest work of the Old Anatolian Turkish period; Ahmedî’s Iskendername and its adventure from the East to the West

15

General review

16

Final exam