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This study aims to identify teachers' views (opinions) on the role of cultural leadership in creating school culture. The study was designed with phenomenology method, one of the qualitative research methods. The study group consists of 20 teachers working at different levels in the Kayapınar district of Diyarbakır province. The maximum variation sampling technique was preferred as the most suitable for sample selection. The data were obtained by interview method and a semi-structured interview form was used to get opinions about the participants. The study was carried out in the fall semester of 2022-2023 academic year. The views (opinions) are presented in three basic frameworks: The relationship between the cultural leadership characteristics of school administrators and corporate culture, the differences or similarity characteristics of cultural leadership behaviors by the gender of school administrators who have cultural leadership characteristics, and the effects of school culture on teacher behaviors. As a result of the study it has been seen that the attitudes and behaviors belonging to the school administrators, as well as their personality traits (as cultural leaders), have an important share in the formation of the school culture. At the same time, the role model of the cultural leader school administrator, path-setting, collaborative, prioritizing values, motivating attitudes and behaviors affect the corporate culture positively; It has been determined that corporate culture was negatively affected by behaviors such as excessive free and relaxed attitude.

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