PhD in Turkish Studies
Aglantzia, Cyprus
PhD
DURATION
6 semesters
LANGUAGES
Greek
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
* 15 May 2026, 12:00 pm (Cyprus local time)
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Key Summary
About: The PhD in Turkish Studies at the University of Cyprus trains students to use scientific methods and specialist knowledge for autonomous research in Turkish studies. Candidates with prior grounding specialize in linguistics, literature, Ottoman history, or modern Turkey history and politics, completing an original doctoral thesis under departmental supervision.
Career Outcomes: Graduates work in academia and research, secondary and private education, cultural management and museums, translation and interpreting, publishing and editing, media and journalism, the public sector and diplomatic service, or companies. Career opportunities include university posts, research centres, cultural institutions, government appointments, media and publishing, translation, and education.
The aim of the Doctoral Program of Studies is to render the students capable of using scientific methods and knowledge, in order to be able to work autonomously on a scientific field of Turkish studies. Students who already have basic knowledge of a research field are expected to specialize in one of the Department’s research fields, like Linguistics, Literature, the History of the Ottoman Empire or the History/Politics of Modern Turkey, through an original Doctoral Thesis under the supervision of one of the academic members of the Department.
Courses per Semester
Semester 1
Semester 2
Semester 3
Semester 4
Semester 5
Semester 6
Key Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the PhD Program of Studies in Turkish Studies, students are expected to have acquired:
- Critical thought, comparative skills, and critical processing skills
- Advanced perception and scientific knowledge of their field
- A wide overview of literary and scholarly production in their field
- An advanced ability of critical analysis
- Communicative and presentation skills
- The ability to conduct autonomous scientific research in a field of Turkish Studies.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples
The employability prospects of the graduates include, among others, the following:
- Appointment in Secondary Education
- Employment in State training programs
- Employment in private education (private schools, language institutes)
- Employment in private companies of all kinds
- Appointment in the public and wider public sector of the Republic of Cyprus
- Appointment in the Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Cyprus
- Employment in the media (print and electronic journalism, TV stations, radio stations)
- Employment in translation and interpreting professions
- Employment in publishing professions (e.g. editing, publishing)
- Creative writing (writing, poetry)
- Cultural management (cultural institutions, museums, etc.)
- Academic career.