Özet:

The history of teaching Turkish as a foreign language is quite old. However, scientific quality has not yet been achieved in this area. By the 20th century as the demand from foreigners to learn Turkish as a foreign language has risen, the presence of this deficiency has become more noticeable. The priority issue for teaching Turkish as a foreign language is the training of experts. The early studies had started with “Turkish Teaching as a Foreign Language” lecture in 1992 at Gazi University. Nevertheless, it is a well-known and recognized fact that one-off lectures are not sufficient for training of experts in any area. Opening of undergraduate programmes in “Turkish Teaching as a Foreign Language” are proposed from time to time. But these proposals have not been accepted and so have not turned into reality. Although “Turkish Teaching as a Foreign Language” programmes are now offered in master and doctoral levels at many universities, there is still lack of a scientific perspective in the approach to the subject. In this article the problem of specialisation in teaching Turkish as a foreign language is discussed and some suggestions are offered about this issue.

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