You live in Bloomington, Indianapolis or Cincinnati and/or do you want to study Turkish Language or Near Eastern History at the Indiana University abroad.

Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

• Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Center
  
• Euroasian Studies
  
• Turkish Courses

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Arabic and Hebrew, as well as a full program of graduate courses within the areas listed below:

• Arabic Language and Linguistics
• Byzantine Studies
• Islamic Studies
• Middle Eastern Cultures and Civilizations
• Middle Eastern Literatures
• Middle Eastern Religions

The Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University took its present name in 1993. It was founded as an Army Specialized Training Program for Central Eurasian languages in 1943, then formally organized as the Program in Uralic and Altaic Studies (from 1956 to 1965) and later the Department of Uralic and Altaic Studies (from 1965 to 1993). The Department has long been one of the world's leading centers of academic expertise on Central Eurasia as well as the sole independent degree-granting academic unit staffed with its own faculty of specialists.

Contact address: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Indiana University
Goodbody Hall 102
1011 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
Email: nelc@indiana.edu
Tel.: (812) 855-5993
Fax: (812) 855-7841

Turkish Elmentary, Intermediate and Advanced Courses:

Students will Start with Elemenatary, continue with Internmediate Course to develop a foundation of Turkish grammar and vocabulary.  Several new verb tenses and verb constructions will be introduced, as well as adverbial and adjectival phrases. Speaking, reading, writing and listening will be emphasized.  Students will be expected to carry on simple conversations, discuss films and stories, read articles in books and newspapers, provide and elicit information, and understand spoken selections from television media and other sources.

Contact Professor, Central Eurasian Studies
Chair Professor, Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies
Director, Mr Silay
Tel.: (812) 855-0705
E-mail: ksilay”at”ndiana.edu
Web: http://mypage.iu.edu/~ksilay

Turkish Student Association's web site
Email:tsa@indiana.edu
Web:www.indiana.edu/~tsa