kids encyclopedia robot

Education in Turkey facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

Education in Turkey is based on a national system which was established in accordance with the Atatürk Reforms after the Turkish War of Independence. Compulsory education lasts 12 years.

Primary education

Primary school (Turkish: İlköğretim Okulu) lasts 8 years. Primary education covers the education and teaching of children between the ages of 6–14.

There are four core subjects at First, Second and Third Grades which are; Turkish, Math, Hayat Bilgisi (literally meaning "Life Knowledge") and Foreign Language. At Fourth Grade, "Hayat Bilgisi" is replaced by Science and Social Studies. The foreign language taught at schools changes from school to school. There are five core subjects at sixth and seventh grades; Turkish, maths, science, social studies and foreign language. At eighth grade, social studies is replaced by history and citizenship.

Secondary education

Secondary education (High School / Turkish: Lise) includes all the general, vocational and technical education institutions that provide at least three years of education after primary school. Secondary education aims to give students a good level of knowledge, and to prepare them for higher education. Also to prepare them for a vocation, for life and for business.

All high schools in Turkey accepting students use an examination by the Ministry of Education (Turkey). At the end of high school, following the 12th grade, students take a high school finishing examination. They are required to pass this in order to take the University entrance examinations before they can attend a university.

Universities

It is not necessary to attend a university in Turkey.

By 2011 there were 166 universities in Turkey.Except for the Open Education Faculty (Turkish: Açıköğretim Fakültesi) at Anadolu University, entrance is regulated by a national examination, ÖSYS, after which high school graduates are assigned to university according to their performance.

Images for kids

  • Uludag-PSİ-2007 ing

    A scene from a female-majority class at the Psychology Department of Uludağ University in Bursa, Turkey. In Turkey, 47.5% of staff at the top five universities are female, a higher proportion than for their equivalents in the United States (35.9%), Denmark (31%) and Japan (12.7%).

  • Beyazıt State Library (14667026514)

    Beyazıt State Library was founded in 1884.

  • Beyazıt State Library (14482650560)

    Beyazıt State Library was founded in 1884.

  • Beyazit1900

    Istanbul University is the oldest university in Turkey.

  • Mithatpaşa Kız Ortaokulu, 1920'ler

    Mithatpaşa Primary School (1920s) for girls during Ottoman Empire.

  • Fener Rum Lisesi

    Phanar Greek Orthodox College is a Greek minority school, founded in the Ottoman Empire in 1454.

  • Literacy-1924-Turkey

    Literacy rates before the language reform in Turkey (1927). The literacy rates rose to 48.4% among males and 20.7% among females by 1950. In modern-day Turkey, this rate is 98.3%.

  • Exterior view of Kuleli Askeri Lisesi from the Bosphorus (2)

    Kuleli Military High School in Istanbul near Bosphorus.

  • Namık kemal lisesi

    Namık Kemal Lisesi in İzmir.

  • RobertCollegeGouldHall1

    Robert College in Istanbul

  • Beşiktaş Anadolu Lisesi Önü

    Beşiktaş Anatolian High School in Istanbul

  • Istanbul Erkek Lisesi

    Istanbul High School (Istanbul Erkek Lisesi in Turkish) was founded in 1886.

  • ITU-Lecture-Hall

    Lecture Hall at the Ayazağa campus of Istanbul Technical University.

  • Haydarpasa campus general

    Haydarpaşa campus of Marmara University, originally the Imperial College of Medicine (Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane), Istanbul.

  • Millet Kütüphanesi

    Presidential Library is the largest library in Ankara, with a collection of over four million books.

  • Main entrance gate of Istanbul University

    Main entrance gate of Istanbul University.

  • Bosphorus University

    The former Robert College building on South Campus of Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, İstanbul

  • Sunset at Santral Istanbul

    SantralIstanbul is an amphitheater, concert halls and a public library complex in Istanbul Bilgi University Campus, Istanbul

  • MiddleEastTechnicalUniversity2003SpringFestival800x560

    Students of Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Ankara

  • MiddleEastTechnicalUniversityCampus800x470

    Middle East Technical University campus.

  • Robert College (14243596745)

    Robert College was founded in 1863 in Istanbul by Cyrus Haimlin and Christopher Robert. The school began its education program in the theology building of the American Missioners Commission. Today, the school is a secular leading-private school.

  • Konya.Turkish.building

    Ince Minaret Medrese is a 13th-century medrese (Islamic school) located in Konya, now housing the Museum of Stone and Wood Art.

  • Erzurum Cifte Minareli Sunrise

    Çifte Minareli Medrese is an architectural monument of the late Seljuk period in Erzurum. Built as a theological school a few years before 1265.

  • Şemsi Pasha Mosque-madrasa

    Şemsi Pasha Mosque and medrese (Islamic school) was built by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan in 1580, the most important architect of Ottoman Empire.

  • Galatasaray University seen from the sea

    Galatasaray University and Galatasaray High School teaching in French.

  • Atatürk schoolroom wall

    A Turkish flag, a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the lyrics of the Turkish national anthem, and Atatürk's speech of advice to Turkish youth hanging on a classroom wall.

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Education in Turkey Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.