Department of History

Hi everybody, I'm Elif Avlar. I am a junior student at the Department of History at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. Our department is located in the Esenboğa Central Complex within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Our medium of instruction is 30% English and we take at least two courses in a foreign language each semester. Our academic team consists of people who graduated from Turkey's elite universities or from the international universities and who were placed. Within the Department of History, Ancient History, Medieval History, Modern History, General Turkish History, Ottoman Institutions and Civilization History, History of the Republic of Turkey departments are available. For the graduates of the department of History of our university, there are job opportunities in the Ottoman, Republic and state archives as well as ministries. Also, while pedagogical formation education is given in 4th grade in many universities, it is given in 3rd grade in our university. Thus, there are opportunities to teach both in private institutions and in public institutions. There is no compulsory internship or thesis writing in our department. The reason why I chose this department was to understand history better and to objectively tell history to future generations. The reason why I chose Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University was the various opportunities it offered to its students. These opportunities were the strong academic staff and the academic projects this staff offered to the students. These projects are conducted more effectively through conferences, symposiums, and scientific trips. Giving priority to students in these academic studies shows that the main goal of the university is to train academics. The greatest opportunity I have benefited from this university is certainly its strong academic staff. We have our classes in a conversation atmosphere. We have a library and social facilities; our social relations and club activities are also very effective. My suggestion to the ones who will choose our department is that if they want to improve themselves academically, if they are proficient in foreign languages and research, if they believe in learning history both by visiting and reading, it will be the right decision to choose Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. I wish success and good luck to the candidates who will prefer the Department of History at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University.