The reflections of philosophical movements on the Turkish education system in the Ataturk Period

The aim of this course is to determine the process of Turkish educational poli-cies depending on the philosophical movements which were effective during Atatürk period. In this study, "historical research type", which is one of the qualitative research models, is used. During the research process, literature reviewed and related data were obtained from primary and secondary sources to shed light on the sub-problems. Descriptive analysis method was used in the interpretation of the data obtained du-ring the research process. While analyzing the data, journals, books, articles, "Grand National Assembly of Turkey Open Archive" and "Prime Ministry Republican Archi-ves" were scanned and the data obtained were listed thematically, besides that com-ments based on quotations that can illuminate the research problem were made and added to the conclusion and discussion section. As a result of this research, it is identified that the spiritualist philosophy of education had lost its effect on the Turkish education system of Atatürk Period and that philosophical movements such as positivism, pragmatism and rationalism shaped the Turkish education system in a theoretical and practical way through the revoluti-ons made in the field of education.