TY  - JOUR
AB  - Citizenship education in Turkey has been a part of the state-centric modernization project involving the transformation of public and private lives of Turkish citizens. Although there has always been a separate course on civics, citizenship education emerges as a cross-curricular theme in the Turkish educational system which aims at creating a self-sacrificing and patriotic citizen. Besides its particularistic content, however, Turkish citizenship education also involves references to a universal conception of citizenship in line with Turkey’s aspiration to be a member of the European Union. This paper presents a historical frame and breaking points for citizenship education in Turkey from its foundation to the present. It critically examines paradoxical content of the current citizenship and human rights education curriculum.
DA  - 2008-02-03
DO  - 10.4119/jsse-385
LA  - eng
PY  - 2008-02-03
SN  - 1618-5293
T2  - JSSE - Journal of Social Science Education
TI  - The State of Citizenship Education in Turkey: Past and Present
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4119/jsse-385
Y2  - 2024-12-26T05:27:29
ER  -