Compulsory history teaching throughout the historical process in higher education and political authority

AbstractHistory having inherently a very voiceful structure is a hybrid science which places within the whole educational process from primary education to higher education and which is mostly based upon international interaction. Today, “Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Revolution” lecture, which is compulsory in all higher education institutions and has a past as early as Turkish Republic itself, has been a cultural and educational heritage presented by Atatürk. This lecture has been under the control of state until today. State's intervention to the name and even the contents of the lecture as an internal controller has brought about various criticisms. Those criticisms have basicly been caused due to the perception of this intervention by the political authority to the lecture. On the other hand, the state, which has continued to its intervention and been criticized because of this attitude, has evaluated the issue as a matter of regime since it has a crucial oversensitivity.This work indicates the current situation of compulsory history lecture in higher education throughout the historical process and comprises sundry recommendations on how a more independent and actuality based history education in higher education can be achieved