The Intensive Ottoman and Turkish Summer School in Cunda, Turkey provides proficiency-based instruction in reading and translating Ottoman Turkish texts in both manuscript and printed forms. Students will develop skills in paleography for reading original archival documents written in styles like dîvânî, siyâkat, and r?k’a.
The program also provides tuition in Persian (including Persian and Arabic elements in Ottoman), Modern Turkish (conversation, reading and translation, differences between Ottoman and öztürkçe), and Karamanlidhika.
Teaching faculty
Ottoman I: Selim KURU (University of Washington)
Ottoman II: Yorgos DEDES (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
Ottoman Turkish Instructor: Oscar AGUIRRE-MANDUJANO (University of Pennsylvania)
Persian: Maryam NIAZADEH
Karamanlidhika: Evangelia BALTA (Institute of Historical Studies/National Hellenic Research Foundation)
Modern Turkish: Gülsah TASKIN (Bogaziçi University)