Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Turkish Language and Literature

Message from the Head of Department

Dear students, 
It is extremely important that the university you choose has a successful academic staff. In the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Istinye University you have education from successful and highly academic academicians will provide you with lifelong benefits. There are many advantages that our department will bring you during your four-year undergraduate education. While you are continuing your undergraduate education in our department, you will also have the opportunity to do a Double Major/Minor in a different department. This will provide you with a professional alternative.


We direct our students to international exchange programs such as Erasmus and Farabi, which we believe will be an important element in their careers. It is also valuable for your career that you will experience other countries and universities thanks to these exchange programs.

Our students can optionally receive foreign language education in the first year of their education. Foreign language education will benefit you, especially in your graduate studies.

It is important that you choose the right university that can develop you academically at the best level and graduate well-equipped for business life. In this direction, our department also provides internship opportunities in publishing houses and at İSÜ TÜRKMER, the unit of Turkish Teaching for Foreigners of our university, in order to gain experience for relevant students.

Our students who have graduated from the Department of Turkish Language and Literature can continue their academic careers by doing postgraduate education with the equipment that will be gained by taking courses from the most successful academicians in their field. It is aimed that the students who will graduate from the program are primarily employed as researchers, lecturers, research and lecturers in national and international universities. The program is primarily designed to provide adequate equipment in this profession. Apart from this, students will be able to get in touch with publishing through the connections that the university will establish with the publishing world, so that students will have advantages over other departments in terms of being employed in fields such as writing and editing in the publishing world. The third area of employment is expertise in national and international cultural institutions such as TIKA, Yunus Emre Foundation, Ministry of Culture, manuscript libraries, general libraries. Our graduates who want to be employed in the field of Teaching Turkish to Foreigners will gain experience in this field due to their internship at İSÜ TÜRKMER.