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The aim of this study is to compare the foreign language education programmes applied in some European countries (Germany, Austria, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland) and in Turkey. In the study, an imaginary model was used to compare the foreign language teaching programs of countries. The study identified similarities and differences in terms of the general characteristics, structure and functioning of foreign language teaching programs applied in primary schools in Germany, Austria, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland and Turkey, the goals and behaviors, the content, the educational conditions, the exam conditions. Measurement sampling technique, which is one of the purposes of sampling techniques when creating a data source, has been used. In the obtaining of research data, the methods of document examination were used from the quality data collection methods, and in the analysis of data, the data were compared using the visual analysis method. The study found that when foreign language teaching programs were studied, a central program was prepared in Turkey and the program was implemented throughout the country. In the EU countries examined (Germany, Austria, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland) the framework programs were prepared and the schools were able to organize their own programs.