{"id":4832,"date":"2016-11-18T11:54:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T11:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/?page_id=4832"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:32:18","slug":"turkish-literature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/gradstudents\/turkish-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish Literature (MA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Program Information:<\/u> <\/strong><span class=\"text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.bilkent.edu.tr\/current\/dep\/d26.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please follow the link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Online Application:<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0Please submit an online application\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stars.bilkent.edu.tr\/gradapp\/\"><strong><u>here<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>GRE:<\/strong> 298 (Minimum required combined score: Verbal 149 + Quantitative 149)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>ALES:<\/strong> 55 (equally-weighted)<br \/>\nGRE or ALES is required for all applicants and valid for 5 years.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>English Proficiency: <\/strong>TOEFL IBT (at least 87\/120 or 4.5\/6), IELTS (at least 6.5 average and 5.5 from each section) or Bilkent English Proficiency Exam &#8211; PAE (at least C)\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Validity period for all exams: 2 years<\/p>\n<p>TOEFL IBT \u201cComputer-based\u201d test results will be accepted.<br \/>\nTOEFL IBT \u201cOnline test taken at home (Home Edition)\u201d and \u201cmy best score\u201d test results\u00a0<u>will not be<\/u>\u00a0accepted.<br \/>\nIELTS Academic \u201cComputer-based and paper-based\u201d test results will be accepted.<br \/>\nIELTS Academic \u201cOSR (One Skill Retake)\u201d exam\u00a0<u>will not be<\/u>\u00a0accepted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Proof of Degree:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Transcripts:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Statement of Purpose: <\/strong>300-500 words (together with application\u00a0reasons for applying to MA, research or career interests in Turkish or in English)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Letter of Recommendation:<\/strong> 2<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Other:<\/strong> A sample essay written in Turkish or English, CV<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Application Deadline: <\/strong>No application will be accepted for 2026 \u2013 2027 academic year<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Date of\u00a0Interview: <\/strong>&#8211;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>H. Hale Diri<br \/>\nE-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:turkedeb@bilkent.edu.tr\">turkedeb@bilkent.edu.tr<\/a><br \/>\nPhone: +90 312 290 2711<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program Information: Please follow the link Online Application:\u00a0Please submit an online application\u00a0here. Requirements: GRE: 298 (Minimum required combined score: Verbal 149 + Quantitative 149) ALES: 55 (equally-weighted) GRE or ALES is required for all applicants and valid for 5 years. English Proficiency: TOEFL IBT (at least 87\/120 or 4.5\/6), IELTS [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/gradstudents\/turkish-literature\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":113,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4832","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4832"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27746,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4832\/revisions\/27746"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}