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Education was made available to everybody and bound together with Unification of Education (Tevhid-i Tedrisat) in 1924.

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TED college was opened and second language was English.

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At the National Education Summit foreign language teaching was first mentioned in 1943.

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In 1848, an English department was added in the teacher's school of Darülmuallimin in 1944, and English teachers began to be trained.

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After 1951, TED College switched to English.

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The first Anatolian high school was opened and English became popular.

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As the first state university with English medium instruction Middle East Technical University (METU) was established in 1956.

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In 1988, a foreign language policy was first established by the BOED.

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In 1994, a new law made it possible to open ‘Super English Language High Schools’

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Kirkgoz, Y. (2007). English Language Teaching in Turkey: Policy Changes and their Implementations. RELC Journal. 38(2) 216-228 | DOI: 10.1177/0033688207079696 • Erarslan, A. (2018). Strengths and weaknesses of primary school English language teaching programs in Turkey: Issues regarding program components. Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 4(2), 325-347. (Read the literature review part only. It gives you an understanding of the changes in the primary school teaching programs) https://tinyurl.com/2p8chphm