Turkish Language Teaching Department, as a unit of Education Faculty, trains Turkish teachers for secondary stage classes of elementary schools. The Department started to educate and teach at the year of 1993. The studies that conducted under the title of “The Reorganization of Teacher Training Programs of Education Faculties”, namely 8 year basic education application, started with the date of 16.08.1997 and the number of 4306, at 1997-1998 academic year. The package program prepared by YÖK, started to be applied at 1998-1999 academic in our faculty as in other education faculties. Since 2003-2004 academic year, an initiative started to construct a more dynamic program at Turkish Education Class Program by gradual improvements.

Turkish Education Department is subject to 90-120 ECTS credits for master degree, 180-240 ECTS credits for doctorate degree, 120 ECTS credits for master at night education (without dissertation); second grade degree system at master education and three grade degree system at doctorate education is applied. When the program is successfully completed and program competencies are maintained, a master or doctorate degree at Turkish Education Field is gained.

Second Cycle

Admission conditions for master degree 1- Bachelor Degree Certificate 2- To have enough score from Graduate Eeducation Entering Exam (ALES). (The score is valid within 3 year. For Economics, Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology and Public Law departments Math-Language score is required, for Theology, Turkish Language and Literature, Archaeology, History of Art, History departments Language Arts score is required and these scores must be at least 55. For foreign students, certificates which are valid internationally (GRE, GMATİ etc.) are accepted and there is no minimum score condition.) 3- To have enough foreign language competency. (At least 50 from Uüds, Üds, and Kpds, at least 50 from TOEFL IBT, at least 130 from TOEFL CBT, at least 450 from TOEFL PBT, or other same degree exams can be accepted. From foreign students a Tömer certificate, which shows they know Turkish, is wanted.) For Foreigner Students ALES %50+GPA %25+ ENTRANCE EXAM %25 The candidates are ordered according to their scores and with starting from the highest score students are accepted within quota

The provisions in “Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions” are applied.

For master education, minimum 21 maximum and maximum 28 credit (for with dissertation 24, for without dissertation 16 are accepted), for doctorate minimum 24 and maximum 30 (for with dissertation 24 is accepted.) A student who has completed all credits and have at least 70 for master and 75 for doctorate from 100 score system and who has written and presented his dissertation in front of the jury successfully is given Master/Doctorate certificate.

To develop Turkish culture and art -especially Turkish language and education, to transmit the contemporary information in this field, to make efforts to construct the scientific universal basis of the created values, to make efforts for the acquisition of Atatürk principles and our Republic’s basic qualities, to depend all these activities at the basis of homeland and nation love and to make efforts to train individuals who has the same qualifications.