Department of English Language and Literature

Our fourth-year the student of the Department of English Language and Literature Sude Aksoy was granted support under the TÜBİTAK 2209-A: University Student Research Projects Support Program with her project titled “An Eco-Critical Analysis of Percy B. Shelley’s The Masque of Anarchy.”

We congratulate our student Sude Aksoy, who will conduct her work under the supervision of Res. Asst. Murat Kabak, and wish her continued success.

The first of the meetings with the faculty members of our Department of English Language and Literature, organized by the English Literature Society, the official student society of our Department of English Language and Literature, was held on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 15:00 in the Erdal İnönü Seminar Hall in the Ataköy Building on the Bakırköy Campus. Our Head of the Department of English Language and Literature, Assist. Prof. Ayşegül Turan, participated in the event as the speaker and gave a speech titled "Why Do We Read Crime Fiction?"

Ege University Department of English Language and Literature and the Department of American Culture and Literature hosted the 13th “International Undergraduate Symposium” with the theme “Meta” on March 17-18, 2025.

At the symposium where 42 participants made their oral presentations, 7 students from the Istanbul Kültür University Department of English Language and Literature successfully represented our university.

Gizem Serdar Ömür, one of the 2022 graduates of our Master's Program in English Literature, held a book launch event for her book published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing on Tuesday, May 21 at 15:00 at Erdal İnönü Seminar Hall in the Ataköy building of the Bakırköy campus.

Our undergraduate and graduate students showed interest in the conversation about the writing process and education of Serdar Ömür whose book is titled "Reconstructing Female Sexuality and Deconstructing Male Anxiety: Black Hole or Living Hall?"

We wish our graduate success in her endeavors!

Blood and Ice by Liz Lochhead, staged by our department's official student community "English Literature Society", was performed on Friday, 17 May at 15:00 in Prof. Önder Öztunalı Hall.

We would like to extend our gratitude to our guests who appreciated our students with their applause.

Students who would like to take part in the "English Literature Society" activities in the following semesters can apply to the club advisor, Res. Asst. Murat Kabak and follow our @ikuelits Instagram page.

The thesis of Gizem Serdar Ömür, one of our graduates of the English Language and Literature master’s Program, will be published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing under the title "Black Hole or Living Hall". We congratulate our graduate.

Istanbul Kültür University English Language and Literature Department filled its quota by 100% in 2021, according to the data of OSYM "Table-4 Higher Education Undergraduate Programs Taking Students with Central Placement in 2021". We congratulate all our students who have chosen our department and wish to see you all among us in a healthy and happy manner in the new academic year.

Faculty members of Department of English Language and Literature held an online graduation ceremony with 2020-2021 graduates on 28 June 2021.

International applicants who graduated from a university abroad must have their previous university approved by YÖK and must submit the certificate of equivalency to be eligible for the program. We would like to inform you that international applicants who have not submitted the certificate of equivalency in their application must submit the document during registration. For further information you may refer to the website below:

Information about the admissions exam for English Language and Literature MA program is presented below.

Written exam
Date: 1/10/2020
Time: 9.00-12.00
Place: Atakoy Campus, 4A11-13

Candidates who pass the written exam will be invited for an oral interview.

Oral interview
Date: 2/10/2020
Time:10.00-17.00
Place: Atakoy Campus, 4A11-13