American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) Summer Turkish Advanced Language Fellowship

ARIT offers fellowships for approximately 12 advanced students and scholars in the summer program in intensive advanced Turkish language at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. The Boğaziçi TLCP is an *intensive* language program, with four hours of classes plus lab and conversation hours each weekday.  The ARIT fellowship supports the advanced study of Turkish. Class size is limited to ten students. Classes are conducted in Turkish, with informal and formal styles introduced and reviewed through classroom instruction, laboratory work, and open conversations with teaching assistants. Weekly lectures are given on various aspects of Turkish culture ranging from economics, history, literature, fine arts, architecture and others by scholars specialized in their fields as well as weekly Turkish film sessions.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:  Full-time students and scholars affiliated at academic institutions are eligible to apply. To be a fellowship applicant, you must:

1. Be a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States
2. Be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate level academic program, or be faculty
3. Have a minimum B average in current program of study; and
4. Perform at the high-intermediate level on a proficiency-based admissions examination