Classes
TURKISH STUDIES PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Instructor: Dr. F. Cangüzel Zülfikar
Spring 2012 Office Hours
T – Th 8:30 – 9:30am and / or by appointment
Spring 2012 Courses
TURK 102 Beginners Turkish - Türkçe 102
M –Th 11:00 – 11:50am in 207 YMCA Building
TURK 204 Intermediate Turkish - Türkçe 204
M – Th 10:00 – 10:50am in 207 YMCA Building
Asia 222 Turkey: Beyond Tradition and Modernity
T – Th 12:30 – 1:45pm in 215 Hanes Art
Asia 62 First Year Seminar: Women and Spirituality in Turkey
T – Th 3:30 – 4:45pm in 210 Graham Memorial Hall
Summer 2012 Study Abroad in Istanbul Program
Program will begin in Istanbul on May 18, 2011 to June 29, 2012
In this six week program, students will receive UNC-Chapel Hill graded credit for two 3-credit courses. These courses will fulfill both General Education and Elective course requirements.
ASIA 243: Turkish Culture and History
ASIA 244: History of Istanbul
Fast Facts
• Language of instruction: English
• Language prerequisite: None
• Terms: Summer
• Undergraduate exchange: No
• Eligibility (minimum): Rising sophomore
• GPA requirement: 2.75
• Non-UNC may apply? Yes
• When can I apply: Beginning December 1 prior to any summer following your freshman year
• Application deadline for Summer 2012: February 9, 2012
• Study abroad advisor: Lori Rezzouk
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Turkey is located between two continents, Asia and Europe and is considered a bridge between different cultures and civilizations. Famous poet Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963) describes Turkey’s picture on the map in his poem “Invitation.” He writes: “Galloping from Far Asia / and jutting out, into the Mediterranean like a mare's head / this country is ours.” Another poet Yahya Kemal Beyatli (1884-1958) describes Turkish as “Turkish is like my mother’s white milk in my mouth fresh, warm, and sweet.”
Surprising, amazing, sometimes mysterious, beyond tradition and modernity, sometimes can’t be described but lived, and sometimes breaking all the rules of academics, science, and new findings, Turkey is a colorful place to be discovered.
- ASIA 490-003 Istanbul: 2010 European capital of Culture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Spring 2010
Fall 2009
Spring 2009
- Turkish LAC (Languages Across Curriculum) (SBCL-391.001), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (This class offered first time at UNC-CH)
Fall 2008
- Introduction to Islam (Rel 200A), Meredith College
- Islam (Rel 340), North Carolina State University
Fall 2006
- The Modern Middle East History (History-276), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Introduction to Islamic Civilization (Religion-146), Duke University
Spring 2006
- Seminar on Sufism (Religion-171), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- The Modern Muslim World: From 1500 up to Present (Religion-147), Duke University
- Intensive Intermediate Turkish (Turkish-70), Duke University
- Introduction to Islamic Civilization: From Emergence of Islam to 1500 (Religion-025), UNC-CH
- Introduction to Islamic Civilization: The Modern Muslim World (Religion-147), Duke University
History of Turkish Republic, Bilkent University
History of Civilizations, Bilkent University
History of Turkish Republic, Gazi University