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The purpose of this research to determine whether there is a relationship between the cultural capital competencies of Turkish teacher candidates and some demographic variables. The research was designed according to the descriptive survey model. The Cultural Capital Scale developed by Avcı and Yaşar (2014) was used as a data collection tool in the study. The reliability coefficient of the scale, which consists of 4 dimensions as intellectual accumulation, participation, cultural awareness and cultural potential, is .94. This scale was applied as a survey form to the final year students of Gaziantep University Gaziantep Education Faculty, Gaziantep University Nizip Education Faculty, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Education Faculty and Konya Selcuk University Education Faculty Turkish Language Teaching departments. According to the findings obtained from the analysis of the survey data it has been determined that there is a positive and significant relationship between the dimensions of intellectual accumulation, participation, cultural consciousness and cultural potential. It is concluded that there is no significant difference between the dimensions of the scale and “gender, cities where the participants live, mother's education level, father's education level, number of siblings, number of siblings receiving education at higher education level, monthly income of the family, pre-school education, place of residence before higher education” has been reached.

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