Mission: The Department of Philosophy aims to endow the students with the capacity of acting upon their own critically justified evaluations based on the philosophical analysis of human nature, individuals, events and phenomena, as well as contributing to philosophical knowledge both in Turkish and at least one other language. Ancient Greek or Latin is compulsory for the undergraduates in order to provide the possibility of access to the original texts.
Vision: The focus of the philosophy undergraduate program is a problem and text-centered approach. With the aim of endowing students with philosophical knowledge and attitude simultaneously, Yeditepe University Philosophy Department prioritizes both the history of philosophy and contemporary philosophical discussions. For students to gain such philosophical accumulation, it is aimed not only that students should learn at least one foreign language so that they can get access to original texts, but also they should become competent in their native language so that they can contribute to philosophical language in Turkish.