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First AnnouncementWe are pleased to announce the 17th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics which will take place September 3-4-5, 2014 in Rouen, France, and will be organized by Universit&#233; de Rouen (Normandy).We invite papers related to Turkish or to other Turkic languages in all linguistic domains. The official languages of the conference will be English and Turkish. The conference will allow for the following types of presentations:1. Individual papersIndividual or co-authored papers will get a time slot of 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts &#8211; not exceeding 250 words (examples included) + list of at least 3 references &#8211; should cover the topic, the research question and research methods, and bibliographical notes.2. WorkshopsWorkshops deal with special topics in depth and in detail and may have a length of 2 hours. The workshop organizers are expected to select the topic, to invite the participants and to ensure the interrelatedness of the contributions. The number of papers and the internal format of the session in terms of length of presentations, discussion time, etc. is up to the organizers. The organizers hand in an abstract of the concept of the workshop comprising not more than 650 words; the concept should include a summary of the individual presentations. In addition, each contributor has to hand in an abstract of her/his paper separately. The workshop concept as a whole and each paper within a workshop will be reviewed.3. Poster SessionsPoster presentations aim at providing information about a work in progress, and/or recent research results. They will take place at the time and location designated by the organizing committee.Submission of abstractsEach participant can submit  only two abstracts of any type at most: an individual and/or a co-authored one.You are kindly requested to enter the abstract into the on-line form on the conference website. Please note that abstracts sent by mail cannot be accepted.Reviewing of the abstractsAll abstracts will be double blind peer reviewed; the results of the evaluation as well as the comments of the reviewers will be transferred to the applicant individually and confidentially. Elected papers, workshops and posters will be announced by May 15, 2014.ParticipationRegistration should be made on-line via the conference website (please contact the organizers to find out other means in case you cannot register on-line for some reason). To register with the conference, please fill out the on-line registration form and deposit the registration fee with one of the bank accounts which will be given later.VenueThe conference venue is the Maison de l&#8217;Universit&#233;, Campus de Mont Saint Aignan of Universit&#233; de Rouen. The plan of the campus with all locations is available on the conference website.Important datesSubmission of abstracts individual papers, workshops &#38; posters:&#160;January 17, 2014 ,&#160;through EasyChairAbstracts of accepted workshop papers:&#160;March 3rd, 2014Announcement of accepted proposals:&#160;May 15, 2014 Registration deadline (early-bird fee):&#160;June 15, 2014Conference dates: September 3-4-5, 2014All conference details regarding information about travel, accommodation as  well as social activities and especially the fees will soon be made available on the conference website.E-mail account of the conference: conference.ictl@inv.univ-rouen.frDear participants, we will do our best in order to make your visit to Rouen a scientific benefit and an enjoyable social event. We look forward to welcoming you in Rouen!Organizing CommitteeMehmet Ali AKINCI (Universit&#233; de Rouen, Department of Linguistics)Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Langagi&#232;res (DySoLa EA 4701)7, rue Thomas Becket &#8211; 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex &#8211; FranceTel. office +33 (0)2 35 14 69 44&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Tel. gsm +33 (0)6 32 66 63 03Mehmet-Ali.Akinci@univ-rouen.frKutlay YAĞMUR (Tilburg University &#8211; Tilburg School of Humanities, The Netherlands)Foued LAROUSSI (Universit&#233; de Rouen, Department of Linguistics, Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Langagi&#232;res DySoLa EA 4701, France)Comit&#233; ScientifiqueProf. Dr. Foued LAROUSSI, Universit&#233; de Rouen, FranceProf. Dr. Kutlay YAGMUR, Universit&#233; de Tilburg, Pays-BasProf. Dr. Christoph SCHROEDER, Universit&#233; de Potsdam, AllemagneProf. Dr. Eva CSATO, Universit&#233; d&#8217;Uppsala, Su&#232;deProf. Dr. Yuu KURIBYASHI, Universit&#233; de TokyoProf. Dr. Jaklin KORNFILT, Universit&#233; de Syracuse, USAProf. Dr. Sumru &#214;ZSOY, Universit&#233; Bogazi&#231;i d&#8217;istanbul, TurquieProf. Dr. Marcel ERDAL, Universit&#233; Goethe de Franckfort, AllemagneProf. Dr. Astrid MENTZ, Institut Oriental d&#8217;Istanbul, TurquieProf. Dr. Jochen REHBEIN, Universit&#233; ODT&#220; d&#8217;Ankara, TurquieProf. Dr. Iclal ERGANC, Universit&#233; d&#8217;Ankara, TurquieProf. Dr. Engin UZUN, Universit&#233; d&#8217;Ankara, Turquie