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An Overview of Formal and Non-Formal Health Education in Turkey

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Health Education in Context

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When the Ottoman Empire collapsed after the First World War, a new republic named Turkey was established in 1923. Since then, Turkey has paid considerable attention to keeping up with the standards of developed countries—in education, science, health, economics, and commerce. Effort directed at achieving these standards in education was initially signaled by the Act of the Law of Unification of Instruction 1924. The Act centralized the Turkish educational system by placing its governance under the control of the Ministry of National Education. This centralized oversight encompassed all schools, including religious schools. The only exceptions were schools for ethnic minorities living in Turkey, namely, Armenians, Greeks, and Jews (Ayas, Çepni, & Akdeniz, 1993).

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  1. Fatih Faculty of Education, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

    Muammer Çalik

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

    Gamze Çan

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  1. University of New England, Armidale, Australia

    Neil Taylor

  2. University of New England, Armidale, Australia

    Frances Quinn

  3. University of New England, Armidale, Australia

    Michael Littledyke

  4. University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Richard K. Coll

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Çalik, M., Çan, G. (2012). An Overview of Formal and Non-Formal Health Education in Turkey. In: Taylor, N., Quinn, F., Littledyke, M., Coll, R.K. (eds) Health Education in Context. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-876-6_7

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