SIGN5

Information in Turkish and Turkish Sign Language

A warm welcome to the SIGN5 conference! 

The fifth conference in the SIGN conference series will take place at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey, on 21-23 October 2011.

After the great success of SIGN4 in New Delhi, India, the SIGN conference series continues to broaden its international scope. SIGN5 will take place at Gazi University's Central Campus, using the historical Mimar Kemalettin Conference Hall as its main venue. The conference is co-organised by Gazi University and the iSLanDS Institute. In addition to the conference days on 21-23 October, there will be several days of pre-conference workshops, particularly for introducing participants to International Sign, one of the main conference languages. Prof. Yusuf Kemaloğlu has pointed out that organising this conference is an important step for Gazi University and for Turkey as a whole, as a conference of this kind has not taken place in Turkey before.

The aims of the SIGN5 conference are:

1. To broaden the international research base in sign language linguistics and Deaf Studies.
2. To bring together experienced researchers and promising junior researchers in the areas of sign languages and Deaf Studies at an international level.
3. To encourage the potential for increasing transnational cooperation in research on sign languages and Deaf Studies.
4. To include a special regional focus on Turkey as part of the conference.
5. To provide full accessibility to the conference for Deaf sign language users.
6. This website has up-to-date information about SIGN5 and is being updated regularly.