Faculty of Language and History – Geography

Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi
A view from the Ankara University Faculty of Language and History – Geography
Type	Public
Established	1935; 89 years ago (1935)
Founder	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Dean	Prof. Dr. Levent Kayapınar[1]
Location	Ankara , Turkey
Website	dtcf.ankara.edu.tr

The Faculty of Language and History – Geography (Turkish: Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi, commonly abbreviated DTCF), affiliated with Ankara University in Turkey, operates independently and does not share a common campus with the rest of Ankara University. DTCF is housed in its own building located on Atatürk Boulevard in Ankara at the coordinates 39°55′47″N 32°51′20″E / 39.92972°N 32.85556°E / 39.92972; 32.85556. The building was designed by architect Bruno Taut.^[2] Founded in 1935, the school predates the establishment of Ankara University itself. It was incorporated into the newly established Ankara University in 1946.^[3]

The 19 academic units under the faculty are:

• Department of Archaeology
• Department of Anthropology
• Department of Geography
• Department of Information and Records Management
• Department of Western Languages and Literature
• Department of Modern Turkish Dialects and Literatures
• Department of Linguistics
• Department of Eastern Languages and Literatures
• Department of Ancient Languages and Cultures
• Department of Philosophy
• Department of Folklore
• Deparment of Caucasian Languages and Cultures
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Art History
• Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Department of Sociology
• Department of History
• Department of Theatre
• Department of Turkish Language and Literature