Dear Scholar,

We are pleased to announce that the 2^nd International Rumeli Symposium will be held on April 12-13, 2019 in Kırklareli, Turkey. Jointly organized by the departments of Turkish Language and Literature and Translation and Interpreting, the symposium aims to bring together distinguished scholars and researchers who work in the fields of language, literature and translation studies.

The symposium seeks to revise the theories and research techniques in the fields of language, literature and translation studies, to address the newly-emerging topics and issues in these fields, to discuss the current issues related with literature, culture and translation, to evaluate the past and present of these fields critically and to propose suggestions for future research in these areas. It is our wish that the symposium will pave the way for new perspectives and directions in the fields creating a dynamic platform for discussions that help us see the past and the present, the old and the new, the traditional and the modern not as binary oppositions but as interrelated and interdependent.

The two-day symposium will take place at Kayalı Campus, Kırklareli University. On the first day of the symposium, keynote speeches will be delivered at the opening session before noon which will be followed by four sessions in the afternoon. On the second day the sessions will be held before noon and a local tour will take place if weather conditions permit.

It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the 2^nd International Rumeli Symposium to be hosted by Kırklareli University.

Detailed information about the symposium can be found at http://rumelisymposium.klu.edu.tr

Best regards,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yakup YILMAZ

Chair, Symposium Organizing Committee