Abstract:

In this paper, all of the books, dissertations, academic articles and the papers about religious education teachers in Turkey with regard to different dimensions, from 1923 (the founding of the Turkish Republic) to 2013 (August), were accessed and evaluated. These academic studies were categorized by their years of publication, types of studies, teaching fields and contents. After categorized, findings are evaluated. When evaluating the studies, content analysis has been used. The academic studies about religious education teachers are mostly about religious culture and moral knowledge teaching (155 studies). Studies regarding the religious lessons teachers of Imam-Hatip schools were in the minority (8 studies). While, most studies are about qualities and qualifications of religious education teachers (70 studies), some studies are done on the history of religious education teaching as a profession (14 studies). Besides, there is a limited number of comparative studies (10 studies).