The 3 million Turks living and working in Germany and the German speaking countries has given a special status to Turco-Germanic relations and at present the second and third generation of Turkish settlers are a cultural and literary phenomenon. The German literary works of the Turks living in Germany and those specific relation has constituted one of the basic research areas of the Department. The Department has a library holding about 2000 volumes open to students and staff members. The courses of the Department cover a wide area embracing cultural, linguistic and literary studies. The literary texts studied range from the Middle Ages to the contemporary.
Assessment is by coursework and examinations.
The graduates are employed in a wide range of jobs in civil services, ministries, banks, radio-television, publishing, trade, and tourism sector. Those holding teaching certificates apply for teaching positions in all educational institutions. The Department offers courses leading to MA and Ph.D. degrees in German language and literature.