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This study aims to examine teachers’ attitudes toward teaching profession and their perceptions of their self-efficacy toward distance education. It was designed using both single and correlational survey models. The study sample consisted of 319 teachers who were working during the spring semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. According to the results of the study, teachers’ overall attitudes toward teaching were found to be fairly positive, though female teachers’ attitudes toward teaching profession were more positive than their male counterparts. In addition, teachers who work in urban centers reported more positive attitudes toward teaching profession. Teachers who had at least 21 years of work experience had better attitudes toward teaching profession.  In addition, teachers’ overall perception of their self-efficacy toward distance education was found to be positive, while elementary school teachers’ perceptions of their self-efficacy toward distance education was found to be even more positive. Moreover, teachers who received in-service training on educational technologies were found to have a better perception of their self-efficacy toward distance education. There are positive and statistically significant relationships between teachers’ attitudes toward teaching profession and their perceptions of their self-efficacy toward distance education; put another way, teachers’ attitudes toward teaching profession positively and significantly predict their perceptions of their self-efficacy toward distance education. 

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