Özet:

Training Programme of Painting Department in Anatolian Fine Arts High Schools, which have an important place among secondary schools and have a significant mission in terms of past, present and future of Turkish culture and art, has been the subject in this study. The institution, which was first opened in 1989- 1990 academic year with the name of “Anatolian Fine Arts High School”, was later changed as the “Fine Arts and Sports High School” with some parts and content additions in its education and training programme. In the study, it is intended: In the example of Anatolian Fine Arts High School that gives education in two areas- Painting and Music, to evaluate the content of secondary schools’ painting departments’ education and training programmes in terms of traditionfuture, and national heritage and contemporary values; within the framework of duties and responsibilities of Secondary Education Institutions, to draw attention to the necessity and importance of Traditional Turkish Handicrafts in education and training programmes in order to create a national cultural awareness. Though excluded from the study, it is thought that the general framework laid out in the context of traditional future in this study, might also be decisive for some other areas having different disciplines