Turkish Language and Literature

As per article 4 of the Senate meeting which was held on 19 December 2000, it was proposed to YÖK to establish The Department of Turkish Language and Literature, the third department in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences chronologically, and so was approved by the Executive Committee of YÖK on 13 March 2001. The department was founded under the presidency of Prof. Dr. İskender Pala. Among the skeleton faculty were Prof. Dr. İskender Pala, Doç. Dr. Hayati Develi, Lecturer Fundagül Apak, and also Prof. Dr. Durali Yılmaz as part-time faculty. The Department of Turkish Language and Literature started its first academic year with 27 enrolled students. It has been developing and expanding ever since both in respect to faculty and students. Prof. Dr. İskender PALA, Prof. Dr. Durali YILMAZ, Prof. Dr. Hayati DEVELİ have been appointed as the head of the department respectively since its foundation. Prof. Dr. Ömür CEYLAN has been holding this position since 2010. The Department commenced service in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences building at Şirinevler Campus in 2000. It has been continuing its educational services in Ataköy Campus since 2005 on consequence of the increasing number of enrolled students. Since its foundation, Prof. Dr. İskender Pala, Prof. Dr. Durali Yilmaz, Prof. Dr. Hayati Develi, Prof. Dr. Ömür Ceylan, Prof. Dr. Vahit Türk was the head of the department. From 2016 onwards, Prof. Dr. Hacı Ömer Karpuz condacts.