Abstract:

Turkish, which is spoken by 5 million people in many West European countries, is the largest minority language. After English, Turkish is the most commonly spoken language by European citizens in Western Europe. Even though Turkish appeals to a large group of people, it does not have the status that it deserves in educational institutions. In line with language rights provisions of European Union, Turkish needs to be taught to millions of primary and secondary school students in Western Europe but there are limited resources and facilities. In most European countries, Turkish is taught either after school hours in primary schools, or as part of regular school program in secondary schools in the form of mother tongue or as a foreign language. In this article, in addition to the problems of Turkish teaching in Western Europe, the measures which need to be taken to improve Turkish education will be presented in line with the results of a survey study

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