Intensive Ottoman and Turkish Summer School

The Sevgi-Doğan Gönül Ottoman Research Building

The Intensive Ottoman and Turkish Summer School is conducted annually in Cunda, Turkey by the Ottoman Studies Foundation. The program is sponsored by Harvard University (Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations), Koç University in Istanbul and the Turkish Cultural Foundation. It is open to everyone interested in continuing their study of Ottoman and Turkish for the purpose of academic research, and priority is given to qualified doctoral students. The program is available as part of the Harvard Summer School.

The program provides proficiency-based instruction in reading and translating Ottoman Turkish texts in both manuscript and printed forms. The 2013 program runs from July 8 to August 16. Please browse the drop-down menu above learn more about the program.

Applications are due on Monday, March 4, 2013.

The deadline for qualified applicants from UK CEELBAS Institutions has sheen extended to Mon 1 April 2013.

Download the application form for the 2013 Intensive Ottoman and Turkish Summer School: