ITU Thesis Template (Typst) · community-itu-thesis

A Typst template for graduate (master's and doctoral) theses at Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ), ported from the official LaTeX class (itutez.cls v1.7.1, January 2025). The thesis output itself is in Turkish (with optional English language mode), since that is the intended audience.

⚠️ Unofficial community port. This package is not officially endorsed by Istanbul Technical University; it is an independent, volunteer adaptation of the official LaTeX class. Always verify the output against the current official ITU thesis guidelines before submitting your thesis.

Quick start

typst init @preview/community-itu-thesis:0.2.0 my-thesis
cd my-thesis
typst watch main.typ

This creates a working sample project. Edit the information in main.typ to match your own thesis.

Features

• Outer cover + Turkish inner cover + English inner cover
• Jury approval / signature page
• Dedication, Foreword, Table of Contents, Abbreviations, Symbols
• List of Tables and List of Figures (automatic)
• Özet / Summary (Turkish and English abstracts)
• Roman page numbers (i, ii, …) in front matter, Arabic (1, 2, …) in the body
• Numbered chapters (“1. …”, with subheadings “1.1”, “1.1.1”) and unnumbered front/back-matter headings
• Appendices (with an "EKLER" cover page) and Curriculum Vitae
• NUM (numeric/IEEE) and APA citation styles — see main.typ and main-apa.typ
• Turkish and English language support (lang: "tr" / lang: "en")

Usage

The main parameters of the #show: thesis.with(...) call:

Parameter	Description
name, surname, student-id	Student name, surname, and ID
title-tr, title-en	Turkish/English title (up to 3 lines, as an array)
department-tr/-en, program-tr/-en	Academic department / program
institute	"graduate", "informatics", "science", "social-sciences", "energy", "eurasia"
advisor-tr/-en, advisor-univ-tr/-en	Advisor name and university (TR & EN)
co-advisor-*	Co-advisor fields, same pattern as advisor-* (optional)
jury	Array of (name: "...", univ: "...") dictionaries
cover-date-tr/-en	Date shown on the covers (e.g. "Aralık 2024")
submission-date-tr/-en, defense-date-tr/-en	Dates on the approval page
lang	"tr" or "en"
degree	"masters" or "phd"
binding	"hardcover" (cloth/bez) or "softcover" (cardboard/karton)
printing	"two-sided" (default) or "one-sided"
dedication, foreword, abbreviations, symbols, abstract-tr, abstract-en, appendices, cv	Front/back-matter content
list-of-figures, list-of-tables	Produce the lists? (default true)
bibliography	bibliography("refs.bib", style: "ieee", title: "KAYNAKLAR")

Body chapters (= Giriş, == Alt başlık, …) are written as ordinary Typst headings after the #show call; they are numbered automatically.

Citations and bibliography

Add BibTeX records to refs.bib and cite them in the text with @key. Choose the style via the bibliography parameter: style: "ieee" (numeric) or style: "apa".

Notes

• The template targets the Times New Roman font; if it is not installed, it falls back to alternatives such as TeX Gyre Termes / Libertinus Serif. Installing Times New Roman is recommended for a faithful look.
• Typst does not support EPS; add figures as PNG/PDF/SVG.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Adapted from the official LaTeX thesis class prepared by the ITU Informatics Institute.