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The main objective of the Turkish course is to ensure that students use Turkish in an effective way by acquiring maternal consciousness. In the beginning of the basic teaching tools used to this goal comes the lesson books. In 2018 the Turkish Desi Teaching Program was updated according to the needs of the age. As a result, in the 2018-2019 educational year, new curricula books have been printed and started to be read. In this study, the teachers’ opinions on the secondary school Turkish lesson books prepared according to the 2018 Turkish lesson teaching program are investigated. Thus, it is intended to create a perspective on the application process of the newly printed curriculum books. The research method is used and the research data is collected with a semi-configured interview form. The examples of the study are 12 Turkish teachers who work in the Kayseri central districts. The data obtained from the research was analyzed by content analysis. The research finds that teachers find their listening and speech activities insufficient while reading and writing activities are sufficient in books. Also, teachers bring criticism to books on topics such as the selection of text, the non-observation of student levels, the repetition of texts at class levels. The teachers interviewed presented recommendations such as putting in the text that will attract the students’ interest to get the lesson books more qualified, having an effective and sufficient level of activity towards the development of their listening and speech skills, having the books a rich visual content, choosing the texts in accordance with the student levels, putting in more speech and speech studies, re-printing the teaching guidelines.