Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University is organizing the 2nd International Congress on Academic Studies in Philology (BICOASP) with the cooperation of five member universities of Association of Thrace Universities (TUB-Trakya Üniversiteler Birliği). The congress focuses on academic studies on ancient or modern languages and literatures besides Turkish Folklore and Translation Studies. The congress aims to provide an opportunity for academicians from different contexts of Philology to discuss and share theoretical and practical issues on a wide range of areas ranging from European languages and literatures (English Language and Literature, German Language and Literature, French Language and Literature etc.) to Turkish Language and Literature, ancient or modern Eastern languages and literatures, comparative literature and translation studies. The abstracts with a relevant focus on Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching) will be considered for this congress, as well.