Neoliberal Transformation of Education in Turkey

I. The AKP and Education in Turkey

1. The Political Economy of Education in Turkey: State, Labor, and Capital under AKP Rule
Gamze Yücesan-Özdemir, Ali Murat Özdemir

2. The Educational Politics of the AKP: The Collapse of Public Education in Turkey
Kemal Ä°nal

II. Reforms, Finance, and Unions in Education in the AKP Era

3. Constructivism and the Curriculum Reform of the AKP
Hasan Ãœnder

4. The Marketization of Primary and Secondary School Curricula and Textbooks under AKP Rule
Ünal Özmen

5. Curriculum Change in Turkey: Some Critical Reflections
Hülya Koşar-Altınyelken, Güliz Akkaymak

6. Learning to FlexLabor: How Working-Class Youth Train for Flexible Labor Markets
Ergin Bulut

7. Turkey under AKP Rule: Neoliberal Interventions into the Public Budget and Educational Finance
Nejla Kurul

8. External Education Projects in Turkey
Gülay Aslan, Erdal Küçüker, Ergül Adıgüzel

9. The New Stream of Trade Unionism: The Case of EÄŸitim-Bir-Sen in Turkey
Duygun Göktürk, Gökçe Güvercin, Onur Seçkin

III. The AKP and Neoliberal-Conservative Reconstruction in Education

10. The Marketization of Higher Education in Turkey (2002–2011)
Nevzat Evrim Önal

11. Neoliberalization and Foundation Universities in Turkey
Ömür Birler

12. The Dershane Business in Turkey
Ayhan Ural

13. The Growth of Islamic Education in Turkey: The AKP’s Policies toward Imam-Hatip Schools
Mustafa Kemal Coşkun, Burcu Şentürk

14. Body Politics and Sexual Education under AKP Rule
Serdar M. DeÄŸirmencioÄŸlu

15. Early Childhood Education in Turkey: A Critical Overview
Mehmet Toran

16. Fights over Human Rights: A Strange Story of Citizenship and Democracy Education
TuÄŸba Asrak-Hasdemir

17. The System of Teacher Training during AKP Rule
İ. Rıfat Okçabol

18. Transformation of the Teaching Profession in Turkey
Esin Ertürk

19. Transformation of Adult Education in Turkey: From Public Education to Life-Long Learning
Ahmet Yıldız

Nyckelord: Education, International and Comparative Education, Middle Eastern Politics, Education Policy, Educational Policy and Politics