Psychology education in Turkey is currently facing difficulties such as

campaigning for professional regulation under an independent ‘psychologists

act’, the Council of Higher Education’s simultaneous authorization of

competent as well as unfit bodies to accredit psychology departments, and

unjust distribution of access to professional specialization. Psychology

education in foundation universities, while trying to persevere within the

aforementioned circumstances, has to cope with student numbers exceeding

teaching resources, overcrowded graduate classes which is contrary the

nature of specialization in psychology, and the precarious conditions of the

teaching staff who often teach on the basis of hourly pay or yearly contacts.

These constrains deem it very difficult to nurture psychologists who campaign

for their rights, advocate for others’ rights and work for the community. This

article attempts to develop a critical outlook on psychology education in

Turkey with a specific focus on the difficulties of nurturing advocate

psychologists, and hopes to propose alternative solutions.