Firat university institute of social sciences department of Turkish language education on the works of Beşir Göğüş on Turkish language education and his concept of Turkish

Language is an important constantly changing and developing device which enables the communication among societies. Another common characteristic of the language is that it carries the culture. The necessity of social growth has great significance in preserving the culture and transfering it to the next generations.Beşir Göğüş, who is an influential figure in the study-field of Teaching of Mother Language which is one of the important constituents of social growth, is one of those names which should be dwelt upon. Beşir Göğüş, who was a Mother Language educationalist, was one of the educationalists who strived for the efficient use of the language and for a conscious and proper teaching of this device. The Mother Language is the first language an individual learns in his life. Thus, the individual starts learning the mother language from his family or environment the moment he is born; he names everything in his environment with the language he first hears. The child forms the abstract and concrete concepts such as good and bad, love and respect with the language he has learnt. According to Göğüş, the learning of the Mother Language is a skill which should be fulfilled in early ages and in natural atmospheres. The child tries to learn the rules of the language not in a by heart fashion, but by speaking and understanding it in a natural atmosphere. Whereas, this is carried out in a planned and programmed teaching framework at school. However, the teaching that is carried out at school should not remain in a vicious circle and should not be limited to just reading and narration. The child should learn his mother language by experiencing, writing, speaking and communicating it himself. That is, the school should not be restricted to bare memorization of the language rules.This study deals with the Turkish Language concept and the introduction of the works of an educationalist who devoted himself to Turkish Language and strived for the teaching of the mother language throughout his life. Beşir Göğüş is an important figure who served in the teaching and administrative positions at state-schools and various levels of our national education, and who spent more than 30 years of his life for the development of our national education. He was a language expert and educationalist who had had a role in the growth of many generations along with the students and instructors he trained and the course books he wrote for every level of learning.Key Words: Beşir Göğüş, Mother Language, Teaching of Turkish Language, Literary Education, Education.