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The research aims to determine the general cultural levels of the Turkish teacher candidates. The work group of the research designed in the screening model; Gazi, Hatay Mustafa Kemal and Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University's educational faculty consist of 287 students studying in the main disciplines of Turkish education. The study took advantage of the open-end questions asked to the competitors in an information competition published on a national radio channel in order to determine the student’s overall cultural levels. The "General Culture Level Test" formed the data collection tool of the study, consisting of 26 open end questions. Questions were asked in 7 categories: History, Geography, Literature, Science/Technology, Economy/Politics, Art and Sport. According to the research, the average success of teachers candidates was 48%. The area where the Turkish teacher candidates are most successful is literature with 67.8%, and the area where the most failed is economics/politics with 36.2%. In the study, according to the university's independent variable, there was a difference between the University of Gazi and Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University in terms of the overall cultural scores of students, and there was no difference between Hatay Mustafa Kemal University and other universities. The fourth grade students were found to be more successful, while men were more successful according to the gender variable. The results obtained show that the candidates for Turkish teachers need to improve themselves in terms of general cultural knowledge.

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