Program Description
The "Turkic Historiography" educational program consists exclusively of specialized professional courses through which students will acquire the necessary knowledge and practical skills to become in-demand and competitive specialists in the labor market. The educational program includes general courses, compulsory professional courses, and elective courses. The content of the compulsory and elective professional courses pertains to the analysis of current regional issues, Turkology, political science, linguistics, and cultural studies. The program is taught by the best specialists in the field, who also cooperate with leading international educational institutions.
Program Duration
2 years
Tuition Fee
800,000 (eight hundred thousand) Armenian drams per academic year
Admission Exam Format
Oral exam
Admission Exam Question List
The penetration of Turkic tribes into Asia Minor. The Seljuk state of Asia Minor
The founding of the Ottoman state
Mongol invasions and dynastic struggles in the Ottoman Empire in the early 15th century
The accession of Mehmed II and Ottoman conquests in the East and West
The Ottoman Empire under Selim I and Suleiman the Magnificent
Signs of the Ottoman Empire’s decline in the late 16th century and mid-17th century
Westernization processes and reforms in the Ottoman Empire in the late 18th century: Selim III
Tanzimat reforms during the reigns of Mahmud II and Abdulmejid I
Russo-Turkish wars in the second half of the 19th century (Crimean War, 1877-1878)
The activities of the “Young Ottomans” and the constitutional movement
The reign of Abdul Hamid II and the regime of repression
The formation of the Young Turk movement and the 1908 revolution
The Ottoman Empire during World War I
The collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the victory of the Kemalist nationalist movement (1918-1922)
Turkey under Mustafa Kemal’s presidency (1923-1938): establishment of authoritarian regime and national policy
Turkey during World War II: internal and external political situation
Turkey’s foreign policy after World War II: the Armenian issue’s return to the international political agenda
The Democratic Party’s rule (1950-1960): the rise and politicization of Islam
The military coup of May 27, 1960 and subsequent developments
The military intervention of March 12, 1971: growth of terrorism in the 1970s
Socio-economic reforms and political situation in the 1980s-1990s: Turgut Özal
Jalal al-Din Rumi: life and works
Anatolian Sufi literature: Yunus Emre
The life and literary activity of Namık Kemal
The activity of Servet-i Fünun: Tevfik Fikret
The ideology of Turkism and Ziya Gökalp
Social themes in early 20th-century Turkish literature: Sabahattin Ali
The theme of migrant workers (Gastarbeiter) in Turkish literature
Characteristics of 20th-century Turkish poetry: Nazım Hikmet
Postmodernism in Turkish literature: Orhan Pamuk
Armenian themes in 20th-century Turkish memoir literature: Fethiye Çetin
Armenian themes in Turkish postmodern literature: Elif Shafak
Typological features of modern Turkish
Stages of Turkish language development
Phonetic features of modern Turkish
The vowel system of Turkish
The gender of nouns in Turkish
Forms of noun conjunctions in Turkish
Negations in Turkish
The verbal nouns Dık and acak in Turkish
Recommended Literature
Safaryan A., Soghomonyan A., Lokmagyozyan T., "Turkish Language Textbook. Book A." Sixth revised edition (approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia as a textbook for university students), Yerevan, "Tigran Mets" Publishing, 2015
Melkonyan R., "History of Turkish Literature (from the 1920s of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century)" (approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia as a textbook for universities), Yerevan, "VMV-PRINT," 2017
Bayburdyan V., "History of the Ottoman Empire," Yerevan, YSU Publishing, 2011
Safrastyan R., Melkonyan R., Ter-Matevosyan V., et al., "History of the Republic of Turkey" (approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia as a university textbook), Yerevan, YSU Publishing, 2018
Contact Information
Dean: Ph.D., Professor Ruben Melkonyan
Faculty Office: Phone: (+374 60) 710 573, (+374 60) 710 574 (inner lines 55-73, 55-74)
Email: orient@ysu.am
