1 A Critical Analysis to the Issues of the Turkish classes in Bavaria1
Prof. Dr. Mustafa ÇAKIR
Abstract
It is visible that Turkish is facing some problems while the Turks living as the part of multinational societies in various European countries are expected to maintain and develop their multilingualism. In fact, the cause of the problem is not the Turkish language itself, but that of those who speak it. For decades, there has been negligence in the employment of qualified teachers and academicians, inefficient teaching programs, lack of teaching materials, ignorance and arbitrariness, the lack of the awareness of mother tongue of our countrymen and the political preferences made in teaching Turkish. At this point educational policy makers and implementers, families and the teachers in all levels of education have important tasks. The Turkish classes in the state of Bavaria are taught both as the foreign language and the language of origin. However, its implementation is not at a desirable level.