You live in San Antonio, Dallas, Houston or Austin and/or do you want to study Turkish Language or Middle Eastern History at the University of Texas abroad.

University of Texas, Austin, USA

• Department of Middle Eastern Studies
  
• Turkish Studies Programm
  
• Center for Middle Eastern Studies

The Department Middle Eastern Studies promotes specialized knowledge and broad understanding of the Middle East, a dynamic region of the world that includes the Arab states, Iran, Israel, and Turkey.

The University of Texas offers the most developed program in Turkish studies in the USA. Students can learn Turkish at all levels and take a variety of courses on Turkey, the Ottoman Empire, and Central Asia.

The establishment of the Turkish Studies  as part of the university's academic life reflects over a decade of institutional commitment in which  the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and  the Center for Middle Eastern Studies  have played  leading roles, through their own programs and the support they have provided to activities in other departments.

Training in the Turkish language is accompanied by other course offerings. University of Texas faculty based in various departments offer courses and expertise in a number of areas, including Ottoman and modern Turkish history, Turkish music and folklore, the geography and urban development of Turkey, the Turkish economic system, the Turkic languages and cultures.

Contact Adress: Center for Middle Eastern Studies

University of Texas in Austin
WMB 6.102,
1 Univ Sta F9400,
Austin, TX 78712-0527
Tel. 512-471-3881
Web: www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/

Turkish Studies Programm:
Senior Lecturer is Mr Erdener
Email: y.erdener”at”mail.utexas.edu
 Focus: Turkish language; folklore and ethnomusicology of Turkey and the Turkic Republics. Turkish minstrel music, folklore and music of the Middle East and Central