Education in Turkey facts for kids
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.
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Istanbul University is the oldest university in Turkey.
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Mithatpaşa Primary School (1920s) for girls during Ottoman Empire.
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Phanar Greek Orthodox College is a Greek minority school, founded in the Ottoman Empire in 1454.
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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%.
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Namık Kemal Lisesi in İzmir.
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Robert College in Istanbul
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Istanbul High School (Istanbul Erkek Lisesi in Turkish) was founded in 1886.
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Lecture Hall at the Ayazağa campus of Istanbul Technical University.
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Haydarpaşa campus of Marmara University, originally the Imperial College of Medicine (Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane), Istanbul.
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Presidential Library is the largest library in Ankara, with a collection of over four million books.
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Main entrance gate of Istanbul University.
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The former Robert College building on South Campus of Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, İstanbul
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SantralIstanbul is an amphitheater, concert halls and a public library complex in Istanbul Bilgi University Campus, Istanbul
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Students of Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Ankara
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Istanbul Technical University building.
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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.
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Ince Minaret Medrese is a 13th-century medrese (Islamic school) located in Konya, now housing the Museum of Stone and Wood Art.
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Çifte Minareli Medrese is an architectural monument of the late Seljuk period in Erzurum. Built as a theological school a few years before 1265.
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Şemsi Pasha Mosque and medrese (Islamic school) was built by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan in 1580, the most important architect of Ottoman Empire.
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Galatasaray University and Galatasaray High School teaching in French.