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Abstract enAs well as the significant changes in the history of Turkish educational system, 4+4+4 is another comprehensive step. It has been appraised by some educationalists as a controversial school reform. On the one hand it has raised the compulsory education from 8 years to 12, on the other hand, it intermitted the 8 year compulsory education via dividing it into 4+4+4. This study aims to highlight the narratives of primary school teachers about the legalization process of 4+4+4 coded as 6287 in 2012-2013 semester in Yozgat city center. It is known that there appeared certain discussions on this change in media during its legalization proces. It was discussed with its educational, political and social concerns. However, as the real agents of educational system, teachers‟ opinions either did not come insight or were not taken into account by the authorized millieu. From this point of view this paper first encapsulates what the basic issues of these discussions briefly and then the ideas of primary school teachers about the change. The method of the study is oral history methodology, in other words, to analyze the narratives of twenty primary schools‟ teachers. Before making contact with the teachers, a legal permission was taken from the local governor of Yozgat city so as to interview with the voulnteer teachers. Then different primary schools in Yozgat city center were visited and appointments from teachers were taken and then the interviews were made real in the following days. With these interviews, the opinions of primary school teachers who are the real operators of education were partially determined

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