TÜRK DÜNYASI COĞRAFYASINDA YER ALAN ÜLKELER ARASINDAKİ KÜLTÜREL İLİŞKİLERİN GÜÇLENDİRİLMESİNDE EĞİTİM KURUMLARININ ROLÜ

In this research, the role of educational institutions in strengthening the cultural relationships between the countries in the geography of the Turkish World is going to be examined. This study aims to find the answer to the question of how “the opportunities provided by information and communication technologies in teaching-training processes are put into action for the purpose of strengthening the cultural relationships in the Turkish World.” In the context of this fundamental problem, the following questions were posed:1. Can a course with common cultural values be added into the current secondary school curricula of the Turkish World countries? 2. Can regulations facilitating the exchange of higher education students and academic staff be designed? 3. Can “ smart classrooms” to interact with each other be formed in the countries of Turkish World geography? 4. Can summer courses at the level of secondary and higher education be organized in the countries of Turkish World geography? The data of this paper were obtained by means of literature review and survey. In the context of literature review, the main literature on the educational system of the countries of Turkish World geography was searched thoroughly and the opinions of the students receiving education in those countries were collected through a survey. According to the findings,it was observed that the answer to all the four questions above was positive-“yes”.