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The Turkish Language Association is preparing a comprehensive dictionary that reflects all fields of science, culture, and everyday speech b...

Renowned author, translator, and academic Pınar Kür, who passed away at the age of 82, left a lasting mark on Turkish literature with her bo...

With over 5 million book orders in the first half of 2025, Hepsiburada’s bestseller list is dominated entirely by children’s books.

Dr. Türkan Korkmaz Bulut delivered a paper on grammatical terms in Ottoman Turkish at the 1st Bilsel International Congress on Scientific Re...

In 2025, the 54th Orhan Kemal Novel Award was granted to the esteemed author Ayşe Kulin for her entire body of work.

Compiled by Olcay Akyıldız and Murat Gülsoy, Şiir Dünyadan İbaret emerges from years of academic activity carried out by Boğaziçi University...

Organized by the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) under the auspices of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation...

Istanbul Gelisim University took part in the 8th Erasmus+ International Staff Week hosted by the International Balkan University in Skopje,...

The event titled “Listening to Orhan Kemal from His Son” was held on Tuesday, 29.04.2025 between 15:00-16:30 at K Blok – Firnas Auditorium.

IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department held a commemoration event on Wednesday, 19.03.2025, on the occasion of the 104th anniversary...

Prof. Zeynep Korkmaz, who made great contributions to Turkology with her studies on the history, development and richness of the Turkish lan...

Dan Brown's new novel, The Secret of Secrets, will hit shelves on September 9, 2025.

Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) achieved a significant success at the international level by ranking in the 1001-1200 band in the Times Hi...

Amazon announced the best-selling books in Turkey in 2024. Pierre Franckh’s book “The Law of Resonance” topped the list.

An event was held by the Turkish Language and Literature Department to commemorate the 950th anniversary of the writing of Dîvânu Lugâti’t-T...

The Turkish Language Association (TDK) announced the word/concept of the year 2024 as “crowded loneliness”.

The trailer for the highly anticipated series adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s world-famous work “One Hundred Years of Solitude” has b...

Istanbul Gelisim University Institutional Open Access Archive (DSpace@Gelisim) continues its rise in the Turkish Academic Archive “Harman” s...

The 41st International Istanbul Book Fair opened its doors with the theme of “Childhood is a Festival!” The fair will be open to visitors be...

Istanbul Gelisim University has achieved great success by ranking in the top 500 in the field of Research Quality in the list of THE World U...

The winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature has been announced. This year, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to South Korean wr...

The Turkic Academy announced that the Turkic World Common Alphabet Commission, formed by the Organization of Turkic States (TDT), reached an...

Madonna in a Fur Coat, one of Sabahattin Ali's most well-known works, is being brought to the big screen in a German and Turkish co-producti...

The hidden parts of the Epic of Gilgamesh, which is considered one of the oldest literary works in history, are being tried to be illuminate...

Istanbul Gelişim University (IGU) Preference and Promotion Days continues.

Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of Turkish Language and Literature pr...

World universities ranking organization Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking 2024 was announced. Among the 2152 universities in the r...

SCImago 2024 results have been announced. İstanbul Gelişim University was among the top 5 in the field of research.

The March 2024 issue of SosyoCom, the monthly event and news bulletin of Istanbul Gelisim University, Faculty of Economics Administrative an...

Student Clubs Promotion Days event was held at IGU between 15-16 April.

IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department Head Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hacer Gülşen appeared before the cameras within the scope of department...

İGU Theater Club, one of the clubs operating at İstanbul Gelişim University, is not limited to performing only within the university. This c...

The book "The Story of Arzu and Kanber" by Dr. Türkan Korkmaz Bulut, a faculty member of the IGU Department of Turkish Language and Literatu...

Language, Thought and Literature Club hosted the well-known author Turhan Yıldırım at İstanbul Gelişim University on May 31, 2024.

Dr. Şerefnur Atik, one of the faculty members of our department, participated as a guest speaker in a poetry recital held at Istanbul Techni...

IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department Head Assoc. Prof Dr. Hacer Gülşen held a commemoration event on the occasion of the 103rd ann...

UNESCO has declared the year 2024 as the year of Dîvânu Lugâti’t-Türk.

Füruzan, one of the important figures of contemporary Turkish literature, passed away at the age of 89.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hacer Gülşen's book titled “Edebiyat Bahçesinden (Yazılar ve Şiirler)” has found its place on the shelves.

The Rector of Nevai Innovation University, Nuriymon Abulhasan, visited IGU (Istanbul Gelisim University) Rector Prof. Dr. Bahri Şahin at his...

Asst. Prof. Dr. Pelin Ekşi, one of the academicians of IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department, held an online meeting with the stude...

The Department of Turkish Language and Literature at Istanbul Gelişim University (IGU) organized a conversation with the author Ömür İklim D...

Assoc. Prof. Hacer Gülşen wrote an essay titled "Acısı Kaldı".

Organized in memory of Bilge Karasu by Metis Publications and Art Critique, the "Bilge Karasu Days" will take place on November 17-18 and 24...

The 40th TÜYAP Istanbul Book Fair, with the slogan "Long Live the Republic," will open its doors to book enthusiasts from October 28 to Nove...

The Department of Turkish Language and Literature organized an event on "Atatürk, Republic and Women" within the scope of the 100th annivers...

The "Colorful Anatolia" exhibition, which includes the colorful photographs taken by the famous journalist, photojournalist and writer Ara G...

The book titled Anadolu’nun Sesi ve Sözü: Âşık Veysel, prepared by IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department, was published by Istanbul...

Seven new programs were opened at Istanbul Gelisim University Institute of Graduate Studies. Among the newly opened programs are Turkish Lan...

Famous Turkish folk artist Âşık Veysel was commemorated on his 50th death anniversary with his giant portrait made 25,000 handfuls of earth...

World universities ranking organization Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking was announced in 2023. In the ranking, Istanbul Gelisim...

While Istanbul Gelisim University Faculty of Health Sciences and Istanbul Gelisim Vocational School were awarded the "Orange Flag" award due...

Istanbul Gelisim University Preference and Promotion Days have started. University candidate students who visit IGU until August 8 will be a...

Kehanetteki Çocuk-Suzan Orto, whose all visuals were drawn by artificial intelligence and written by Sibel Kırcadere Uslu, took its place on...

Applications for the Attilâ İlhan Literature Awards, organized by the Attilâ İlhan Foundation for Science, Arts and Culture with the support...

In the first half of the year, 182 million 895 thousand 180 book bands were sold in Turkey, and the number of books printed increased by 20...

“IGU High School Summer Academy”, specially prepared for high school students by Istanbul Gelisim University, will be held between 4-7 July...

Organized by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Youth and Sports with the tagline "A Story of a Century", the applications for the contest a...

This year's winner of the 69th Sait Faik Story Prize was announced. The book "Anatomy Lesson" written by Ayşegül Devecioğlu was deemed worth...

Zeynep Kaçar was the winner of this year's NDS Literature Award, which has been organized by Notre-Dame de Sion French High School and Notre...

The event titled “Poetry from Mythos to Neurons” with the famous poet and writer Altay Öktem was held online on the Google Meet platform on...

The March issue of SosyoCom, the monthly event and news bulletin of Istanbul Gelişim University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and So...

The Acceptance of Turkish National Anthem and Çanakkale Martyrs were commemorated with two separate events organized by the IGU Turkish Lang...

IGU FEAS Deputy Dean Assoc. Prof. Gamze Ilıcak and Res. Asst. Kemal Çinko held a conversation at "Istanbul Teachers' Academies".

The February issue of SosyoCom, the monthly event and news bulletin of Istanbul Gelişim University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and...

The current writing rules of the Turkish Language Association have been fully voiced by Nisan Kumru.

With the Presidential Circular No. 32058, it was decided to celebrate 2023 as the "Year of Âşık Veysel" with national and international even...

The article titled "Yahya Kemal and the Lord of the Rings", written by Hacer Gülşen, Head of IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department,...

The December issue of SosyoCom, the monthly event and news bulletin of Istanbul Gelişim University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and...

Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Turkish Language and Literature Department commemorated our Poet of Independence within the scope of the 2...

Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Student Clubs Promotion Day was held. Among the clubs that were promoted was the "Language, Thought and Li...

The first issue of Turkey's first science fiction story magazine, Rocket, has been published.

The article "Mawlana Jalal Al-Din Rumi", written by Hacer Gülşen, Head of Turkish Language and Literature Department at Istanbul Gelişim Uni...

An event on Istanbul and Yahya Kemal was held by Hacer Gülşen, Head of IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department.

The article titled "Yahya Kemal and the Lost City", written by Assoc Prof Hacer Gülşen, Head of Turkish Language and Literature Department a...

The International Istanbul Book Fair is opening its doors again after a two-year hiatus due to the global epidemic. Fair; It will be held at...

The last novel of the world-famous author Cengiz Aytmatov, whose all works were reunited with the readers by Ketebe Publishing, was publishe...

Literary Portraits Exhibition from the Ara Güler Archive: “A Handful of Beautiful People” is getting ready to meet its visitors on November...

Based on the assumption that literature has an educational and therapeutic function, scientists determined the 10 novels that most developed...

Turkey's first word museum was opened in Ankara. The museum aims to show concretely the richness of Turkish in terms of vocabulary.

2021-2022 Academic Year graduate students from IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department visited the department.

Assistant Dean of FEAS, Assoc. Dr. N. Gamze Ilıcak and Res. Asst. Kemal Çinko gave an interview on the relationship between artificial intel...

Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk announced that he has written a new novel at the meeting held for the 10th anniversary of the opening...

The September issue of SosyoCom, the monthly event and news bulletin of Istanbul Gelisim University, Faculty of Economics Administrative and...

As part of the Series Lab project, Netflix is ​​preparing to provide training to screenwriters and writer candidates to improve their writin...

Murder on the Orient Express, The Body in the Library and The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie, one of the most widely read detective wri...

Archaeological studies carried out in Mongolia uncovered a monumental complex thought to belong to Kutlug Elteriş Kagan, the founder of the...

The novel Lovers' Day, written by Kemal Varol, was adapted into a movie by Netflix. The trailer of the movie starring Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ and Se...

Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Preference and Promotion Days have been completed. The Preference and Promotion Days, held at Gelişim Towe...

The July issue of SosyoCom, the monthly event and news bulletin of Istanbul Gelişim University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Soc...

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) announced the universities that made the highest number of patent applications in the first...

2022 – YKS results have been announced! Expert preference consultants and faculty members of IGU will be at Gelişim Tower during the Prefere...

The June issue of SosyoCom, the monthly event and news bulletin of Istanbul Gelişim University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Soc...

Organized for the second time this year, the International Calligraphy Festival "Kaligrafist" started in Istanbul on Thursday, 23 June. The...

IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department bid farewell to 2021-2022 Academic Year graduates.

The Workshop on Sustainability in Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language in the 21st Century was organized by IGU TYUAM.

The novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021, was translated into Turkish and published.

The 14th IILF - Istanbul International Literature Festival will open its doors to literature lovers between 6-10 June.

Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk won the Costa Smeralda Literature Award, one of Italy's prestigious literary awards.

A novel award was organized in the name of Emine Işınsu, the prominent novelist of Turkish literature, who passed away in 2021.

IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department is in the latest issue of Hürriyet Show Magazine with the articles of academicians and studen...

We hosted Latife Tekin, one of the most famous authors of Turkish and World Literature, at our faculty on 12.05.2022.

The April issue of SosyoCom, the monthly event and news bulletin of Istanbul Gelişim University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and So...

The book donation event "One Book Thousand Dreams" organized by the Language, Thought and Literature Club of Istanbul Gelişim University (IG...

The content of Türk Telekom's Telephone Library, which provides audio content service on the phone for visually impaired individuals, has be...

It has been announced that Zülfü Livaneli's novel "Engereğin Gözü" (The Eye of the Viper), which has been translated into seven languages an...

The winners of the 29th World Book Awards given by Dünya Kitap have been announced. Among the awards given in 11 categories in total, Seray...

The podcast series "Brown Road Boards", started by İş Sanat with the aim of bringing the cultural richness of Turkey to the audience, contin...

Assoc. Prof. Dr. N. Gamze Ilıcak, one of the faculty members of IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department, gave a speech about Nevruz.

Language, Thought and Literature Club of the IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department held a debate competition.

Assoc. Dr. Hacer Gülşen, Department Chair of Turkish Language and Literature Department, gave a speech on the 101st Anniversary of the Acce...

Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Head of Turkish Language and Literature Department Assoc. Prof. Hacer Gülşen wrote an article about Yunus...

The podcast series named "Dile Kolay: Conversations on the Relationship of Language to Culture", prepared by the Istanbul Foundation for Cul...

The 17th Ankara Book Fair will be held at the ATO Congress and Fair Area between 17-28 March.

Students who could not attend the final or make-up exams because the Covid-19 PCR test results were positive were given the right to take an...

The January issue of SosyoCom, the monthly event and news bulletin of Istanbul Gelişim University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and...

The winner of the 2020 Booker Prize, Shuggie Bain, was translated into Turkish by Duygu Akın and published by Can Yayınları.

Asst. Prof. Şerefnur Atik wrote an article on Oğuz Atay's "Babama Mektup".

Assoc. Prof. N. Gamze Ilıcak Res. Asst. Kemal Çinko, faculty members of the IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department, participated in...

The book, View on Mehmet Akif Ersoy's Art and World of Thought, written by the academicians of the IGU Turkish Language and Literature Depar...

Asst. Prof. Şerefnur Atik wrote an article on Dear Shameless Death, one of Latife Tekin's most important novels.

Language, Thought and Literature Club held the second session of the Book Reviews event series with Asst Prof Şerefnur Atik.

IGU Department of Turkish Language and Literature visited the Museum of Innocence as part of the "Postmodernism" course.

The award ceremony of the "Living like Yunus in the 21st Century" Short Story Competition, organized by Istanbul Gelişim University (IGU) Fa...

Journalists, cartoonists, literature, sports and scientists who won the Turkish Journalists' Association (TGC) 2021 Sedat Simavi Awards have...

The Language, Thought and Literature Club of Istanbul Gelişim University (IGU) Department of Turkish Language and Literature held an online...

The results of the short story competition titled "Living Like Yunus in the 21st Century", produced by the Faculty of Economics, Administrat...

The first session of the Language, Thought and Literature Club Book Reviews event series was held by Asst Prof Şerefnur Atik.

South African author Damon Galgut won the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel The Promise.

Organized for the fifth time by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, the International Izmir Literature Festival will open its doors to lite...

The 16th Ankara Book Fair will be held at the ATO Congresium Convention and Exhibition Center between October 22 - October 31.

Asst. Prof. Şerefnur Atik, faculty member of Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Turkish Language and Literature Department, wrote an article...

The Language, Thought and Literature Club, part of the Turkish Language and Literature Department of Istanbul Gelişim University (IGU), is w...

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature has been found. The Swedish Academy announced that the award was given to the Zanzibar-based novelist Abd...

The application deadline for the "Living Like Yunus in the 21st Century" short story competition was completed on September 30, 2021.

On the Language Day, Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Turkish Language and Literature Department Head Asst. Prof. Pelin Ekşi was a speaker...

"Framework Procedures and Principles for Pedagogical Formation" has been updated and re-entered into force.

With the support of Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities, Fettah Efendi Education and Thought Association and International B...

Applications continue to be accepted for the "Living Like a Yunus in the 21st Century" short story competition, the deadline for which is Se...

The winner of the Oğuz Atay Short Story Award, organized by the İnebolu Culture and Art Association, has been announced.

Placement results, which millions of university student candidates are eagerly waiting for, have been announced.

Ketebe Publishing House brought together great poets and translators with the book series "Worldwide Poems".

A list of the best literary works of the 19th and 20th centuries was prepared with the selection of 125 authors.

IGU Preference and Promotion Days move on at Gelisim Tower.

The Literature, Book and Record Festival organized by Beşiktaş Municipality has started. The festival will take place between July 28 and Au...

Applications continue for the "Living like Yunus in the 21st Century" short story competition, organized by Turkish Language and Literature...

Musab Doğan, a student of Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Department of Turkish Language and Literature, wrote an article titled "Wrestlin...

Sevda Güneş, a graduate of Istanbul Gelisim University Turkish Language and Literature Department 2019-2020, wrote a letter to the students...

Organized by Kahramanmaraş Metropolitan Municipality, the "International “The Road of Literature Bicycle Race" will take place on July 3-4.

The 2021 winners of the poetry awards, organized in memory of the poet Kemal Özer, have been announced.

Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Turkish Language and Literature Department held 13 online events this academic year with its internal and...

An online event called "Authoring, Publishing, and Editing" organized by IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department Language, Thought an...

"The 700th Anniversary of Yunus Emre's Death" has been included in the 2021 UNESCO Commemoration and Celebration Anniversaries, and 2021 has...

The fourth session of the "Authoring Platform" event series organized by the Language, Thought and Literature Club of IGU Turkish Language a...

This month's guest of the Literature Hall online event organized by the Institute France of Turkey will be Goncourt Award-winning author Lei...

The Ottoman Society of Painters is an independent artist's organization that operated in the Ottoman Empire between 1909-1919 to find soluti...

The third session of the event series named "Authoring Platform," organized by IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department Language, Thou...

The event titled "A Reading on Hans Holbein's 'The Ambassadors': Anamorphosis and Review of the Renaissance" took place online on Saturday,...

Famous writer Amin Maalouf will participate in the "Literature Hall" online event organized by Institut Français de Turquie this month.

The official Instagram and Twitter accounts of IGU Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences have opened.

Applications have started for the "Oğuz Atay Story Award," which will be held for the first time this year and organized by the İnebolu Cult...

22nd Parliament of Turkey MP Faruk Anbarcıoğlu was a speaker at the event "The Soul of Çanakkale and Education Developing in Further Times"...

Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk, one of the prominent novelists of Turkish literature, will meet with his readers in a live broadcast on the...

The 7th Izmir Children's and Youth Literature Days will take place online between 12-17 April 2021.

This year, the PEN Poetry Award was given to Erdal Alova, one of the important names of our literature as poet, translator, linguist, and ed...

IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department organized an online event titled "Prose in the Old Turkish Literature".

IGU Turkish Language and Literature Department Language, Thought and Literature Club organized an online event titled "Independence and Mehm...

Ömer Seyfettin, one of the most important names of Turkish storytelling, passed away on March 6, 1920, 101 years ago.

The February issue of SocyoCom, the monthly event and news bulletin of Istanbul Gelişim University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and...

Applications for the "Story Contest" organized by the Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality and held for the 5th time have started.

The first issue of Socyocom, the monthly event and news bulletin of Istanbul Gelişim University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and So...

A group of students representing the 10th grade from Kandilli Girls’High School visited the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at...

Language, Thought and Literature Ensemble established by students of the Department of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Depart...

On the occasion of 8 March International Women's Day, the Language, Thought and Literature Community established by the students of the Facu...

Development Department, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of Turkish Language and Literature organized th...

The Road to the Antiquity March