Course Description:

In the last two decades, TV drama production in Türkiye has been booming with a significant international impact. Türkiye has become the world’s fastest-growing television series exporter in the world and the second-largest drama exporter after the US. Turkish series have recently gained even more visibility generated by the production of Netflix original series in Türkiye: these include The Protector (Hakan Muhafız), The Gift (Atiye), Love 101 (Aşk 101). This course provides an overview of contemporary Turkish dramas examining their relation to the historical, social, political, and cultural contexts. The common trends and topics of Turkish television will be analyzed with the transformations Türkiye has been going through. It will also look at the cultural adaptations of foreign series and various genres such as historical dramas, rom-coms and action thrillers.

Syllabus

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Pre-requisites:

• A background in social sciences is not required. Koç University invites all interested students to apply, regardless of their background or major.
• A minimum of 2.5 GPA is required.
• The language of instruction is English. Students must hold a minimum of TOEFL PBT 550, TOEFL CBT 213, TOEFL IBT 80 or IELTS 6.5 (Not applicable to students applying from institutions whose medium of instruction is English).

Credits:

You will earn 3 ECTS credits and be given a certificate of participation at the end of the course.

Sezen Kayhan

July 26 – August 12, 2021

The program fee:  295  USD 

**Students coming from partner institutions of Koç University will get 15% discount on the tuition.

***Study abroad with your peers! Bring two friends with you, get one slot tuition-free!

PAYMENT INFO

You can make your payment either via bank transfer or credit card.

Account for bank transfer:

USD ACCOUNT

NAME OF THE BANK: YAPI KREDİ BANKASI

NAME OF THE BRANCH: KOÇ UNIVERSITY BRANCH

RECIPIENT’S NAME: KOÇ UNIVERSITY

SWIFT CODE: YAPITRIS

ACCOUNT NO: 00540749

IBAN CODE: TR500006701000000000540749

To pay via credit card: 

Please fill out the form below. Once you submit it, it will direct you to the payment page.

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The program offers merit based scholarship.

Full refund of the tuition fee until July 2, 2021

Half refund of the tuition fee between July 2 – July 9, 2021

Cancellations after July 9 will result in no refund.

To apply, students are required to submit:

• Online application form
• A 400 word statement describing the student’s motivation for participation (in the last section of the online form)
• Transcripts describing student’s academic performance
• A recent photograph
• TOEFL or IELTS score sheet (unless you apply from an institution whose medium of instruction is English)

If you have any problems with creating an application, please email to summer@ku.edu.tr

Application deadline: June 25, 2021

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Nilüfer Akpınar Şahin

International Projects and Education Programs Team Leader

Tel:+90 549 778 65 82