Welcome to TU+11 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)! We are pleased to announce that the 11th iteration of the Workshop on Turkic and Languages in Contact with Turkic (TU+) will be hosted by MIT Linguistics. The workshop will be held at MIT, Cambridge, MA, on April 11-12, 2026 in-person. The abstract submissions are now open!
TU+ is an annual workshop focusing on all aspects of linguistic research on Turkic languages, as well as on languages in contact with Turkic and on languages spoken in regions where Turkic languages are spoken. TU+ showcases theoretically informed and data-driven work across phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, historical linguistics, and computational approaches.
Since 2019, papers presented at TU+ have been invited to appear in an online proceedings volume distributed by the Linguistic Society of America.
Invited Speakers
- Yağmur Sağ (Swathmore College) — Title TBA
- Sergei Tatevosov (Lomonosov Moscow State University) — Title TBA
Important Dates
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Abstract submission deadline | December 15, 2025 - 11:59 PM EST |
| Notification of acceptance | January 26, 2026 - 11:59 PM EST |
| Workshop | April 11–12, 2026 |
Code of Conduct
Please review our Code of Conduct before participating.
Link: Code of Conduct
Organizing Committee
Local Organizers (MIT)
- Bergül Soykan
bergul@mit.edu - Cynthia Zhong
cyntz@mit.edu
- Juan Cancel
juanc374@mit.edu - Taieba Tawakoli
tawakoli@mit.edu - Vladislav Orlov
vorlov@mit.edu
Faculty Advisor
- Sabine Iatridou (MIT)
Program Committee
- Deniz Özyıldız (University of Stuttgart)
Permanent Site
For information on earlier editions, proceedings, and history, see the permanent site (under construction).
Questions?
Email the organizers at turkicworkshop@gmail.com. We’re happy to help with submissions, accessibility, and logistics.
