Özet:

In this study, it was examined comparatively how the textbooks in the schools of the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Algeria handle the subject of the struggle for independence that both countries experienced. The study was carried out through the document analysis from the qualitative research methods, which is suitable for reviewing and analysing written materials containing information about the events or phenomena that are aimed to be investigated. As a result, it has been revealed that there are also similarities in addition to differences between the Turkish national struggle and the Algerian national struggle. In this context, it was determined that the Turkish national struggle and Mustafa Kemal were admiringly followed and taken as an example by the Algerian national fighters, but that this was not reflected in the Algerian textbooks. One of the most essential reasons for this situation can be said to be the differentiation of the priorities of the two countries during the Cold War, when the struggle for independence in Algeria was intensified. In this context, it seems possible to say that Turkey's political stance, which may be considered exaggerated, is one of the decisive factors in the security concern that Turkey felt due to some requests in the framework of Soviet Union's expansionist foreign policy and settling its foreign policy compatible with the Western alliance system, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), due to its economic needs.

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