Political idea movements and intellectual changes in the history curricula (1908–1930)

Every government wants to provide education and teaching for new generation according to its own ideology. Education, especially history education, has important mission to find out these thought and take root of these thought. The changing of society has affected aspects in education, politics and social. However, the science of history has crucial role in order to bring up persons who appreciate the ideology of the administration of a country. In this study, we are researched into the aim of attract attention for intellectual changes between the years 1908-1930 and how political idea movements a role-played and affected on determination of secondary history curricula? How these events were transferred to history lesson curriculum was also studied. The study examined many sources, domestic and foreign sources, on pre-republic and post-republic documents such as books, journals, curriculum document and textbook. The Turkish History Thesis and then were not included in this study. * Research Assistant; Gazi University, Gazi Faculty of Education, Department of Secondary Education Social Studies Teaching, History Teaching programme/ ANKARA.