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Turkish

The Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies offers four semesters of Turkish language regularly and third-year Turkish occasionally, with different levels offered in fall vs. spring. The classes available in fall 2024 are

  • TURK 101, Elementary Turkish I
  • TURK 203, Intermediate Turkish I
  • TURK 305, Advanced Turkish I

In spring 2025, the Turkish offerings will be

  • TURK 102, Elementary Turkish II
  • TURK 204, Elementary Turkish II
  • TURK 306, Advanced Turkish II

The first four semesters of Turkish (TURK 101, 102, 203, & 204) are offered jointly with Duke; they meet remotely via Zoom and follow the Duke academic calendar. The third-year Turkish classes (TURK 305 & 306) are regular UNC classes that meet in person at UNC and follow the UNC calendar.

For a complete listing of Turkish courses and course descriptions, consult http://catalog.unc.edu/courses/turk/.

If you’re a beginner (no previous knowledge of Turkish), register for TURK 101. Note that this class will not be offered in spring semester.

If you have prior knowledge of Turkish and want to take Turkish, you must take a placement test. This is true for everyone, regardless of how you learned Turkish (in high school, at home, etc.) and regardless of any test credit or transfer credit you may have. Please go to https://asianstudies.unc.edu/placement/ to sign up for a test.

If you think you should be in a higher level of Turkish, you are welcome to register for TURK 203 or TURK 305 (though you will have to drop it if you don’t place into that level when you take the placement test). You can do so when you register for fall classes.

For questions about Turkish at UNC, please contact Dr. Didem Havlioglu at didemh@email.unc.edu or department manager Lori Harris at lori@unc.edu.