TURCOLOGY PROJECT

Turcology Project has been started by the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA) in 1999 and it has been first implemented in 2000-2001 academic year.

Within the context of the Turcology Project, academicians from Turkey for the 29 Turkish Language and Literature/Turcology Departments and Turkish Courses, local academicians are supported and material and equipment aid is provided for the departments opened at the Universities in 21 countries in total; these countries are Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia, Palestine, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Slovakia, Syria, Russian Federation, Tatar Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation, the Ukraine, Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Yemen.

As per the protocol signed by the Yunus Emre Foundation and the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA) on 20 September 2011 the said project is handed over to our Foundation. It is agreed that all the activities undertaken at the universities and Turkish courses within the context of the project are to be carried out by the Yunus Emre Foundation starting with the signature date of the protocol.

Supports within the context of the Turcology Project:

1.  Assignment of academicians.

2.  Meeting the training material and equipment needs of the departments and programmes.

3.  Invitation of the successful students to the Turcology Summer Internship Programme to be held in Turkey.

4.  Providing academic supports to foreign Turcologists for such activities as researches, seminars, conferences etc.

5.  Contributing to the training of young Turcologists.

6. Providing support to projects and activities to be carried out by the Turkish universities and the relevant foreign universities in the field of Turcology.

7.  Supporting the projects of foreign Turcologists on the Turkish language, history, culture and art.

THE TURCOLOGY PROJECT IS CARRIED OUT IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES

Afghanistan 
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Kabul State University
Albania
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Tirana University
Belarus
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Minsk State University
Bosnia-Herzegovina 
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, University of Zenica
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, University of Tuzla
Estonia
Department of Turcology, University of Tallinn
Palestine
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, University of Jerusalem
India
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Jamia Millia Islamia University
Montenegro
Podgoritsa Turkish Course
Rojaye Turkish Course 
Bar Turkish Course 
Kazakhstan
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University
Kyrgyzstan
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Kyrgyz-Uzbek State University
Turkish Cultural Center, Naryn State University
Bishkek Cultural Center 
Kosovo
Department of Classroom Teaching, Faculty of Education in Prizren, University of Prishtina, Kosovo
6 Turkish Courses throughout Kosovo
Latvia
Lectureship of Turkish Language and Culture, Faculty of Foreign Languages
Lithuania
Department of Lithuanian Philology and Turkish Language, Vilnius University
Mongolia
Department of Turcology, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures, National University of Mongolia
Macedonia

Department of Turkish Language and Literature, University St. Cyril and Metodij, Skopje

Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Goce Delcev University, Stip

Department of Turkish Language and Literature, State University of Tetovo, Tetovo

Uzbekistan

Department of Turkic Languages, Faculty of Uzbek Language, National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulug ˋbek
Department of Turcology, Institute of Orientalism
Turkish Language and Culture Center, Institute of Foreign Languages, Samarkand State University
Slovakia
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Comenius University
Syria
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, University of Aleppo
Tatar Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Kazan State University
Ukraine
Department of Turcology, Taras Shevchenko National University, Kiev
Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine
Department of Turk – Tatar, Crimea State University of Engineering and Pedagogy
Yemen
Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Sana’a University