Özet:

Language learning is a process that begins in the mother’s stomach and continues throughout the life. In this process, as the language is the speaker and the learner, we cannot count the source, the existence of the teaching. It is impossible to identify the beginning of the history of the Turkish language by moving from here (Güzel, 2017). The evidence-based approach, which is popular in today’s scientific research, is based on Chinese sources, referring to at least six thousand years of Turkish language history (Caferoğlu, 1984). In this study, the periods of Turkish teaching that passed long until the establishment of the Republic of Turkey were tried to be understood. If the establishment of the Republic of Turkey is considered as a milat, the teaching of Turkish has been discussed by trying to divide the periods before the milat into three. These periods: 1) The period between Divân ü Lügati't Turkish and the establishment of the Ottoman Empire. The period passed from the beginning of the Ottoman Empire to the Tanzimat Ferman. 3) The period from Tanzimat Ferman to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey was considered as the period passing. In the study, content analysis techniques were used from quality research methods. The content analysis technique is a technique that is often used in the analysis of written and visual materials in the studies on social sciences (Silverman, 2001).