For the 2025 cycle University of Wisconsin-Madison will NOT offer the TURFLI program.
Students who are interested in applying for Turkish are still encouraged to apply as independents at Boren Awards. For students who are Fellowship applicants, Boren encourages them to look at the domestic programs offered for these languages as well should they be interested.
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The Turkish Flagship Language Initiative (TURFLI) is a special initiative of the Boren Awards for International Study offering awardees the opportunity for intensive language study of Turkish and for cultural immersion by participating in domestic and overseas language programs. Participants in TURFLI may start with no language proficiency through advanced proficiency in Turkish. The TURFLI program is administered through the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
TURFLI students participate in a full-time domestic summer program offered at UW-Madison through MEDLI. Students will then travel abroad to Baku for a full-time fall semester of language and culture study. Requests for additional study through to the spring semester can be made to Boren during the application process. All participants must complete the summer domestic and fall abroad programs.
In addition to full-time language courses, students will have language partners, language conversation tables (summer), homestays (fall), and cultural excursions to help ensure that language goals are being met. Details on these additional benefits will be provided at the start of each program in summer and fall.
Interested? Here’s how to apply!
Contact the TURFLI office in Madison with questions at: +1-608-265-9582 or turfli@lpo.wisc.edu
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“If you are serious about learning a less commonly taught language, apply to the Boren FLI Program. There is almost no way you can fail, because everyone wants you to succeed!”
-TURFLI 2020 Student