'Imam hatip' vision of imam hatip high school vocational lessons teachers

Imam Hatip High School Vocational Courses Teachings are turned to be known as ‘Imam Hatip Attender' Visions. Imam Hatip schools were at the forefront of the most discussed educa-tional institutions in the history of the republic of Turkey, despite the legal basis within the Turkish education system with the Law on Unity of Education (Tevhid-i Tedrisat Kanunu). The focus of the discussions is on how students who grow up in these schools are predominantly shaped by the ideological axis. The atmosphere prevailing in the Imam Hatip Schools influenced the education of students with certain characteristics through conceptualizations such as school culture and identity, and ‘imam hatipism con-sciousness'. In the formation of the identity that constitutes the dominant atmosphere of the imam hatip schools, the primary role is belonging to the teachers of the vocational courses besides the stakeholders such as education programs, parent profile, admin-istrators and students. In this study, it was trialed to determine what common characteristics of the vision of Imam Hatip and the visions of the vocational school teachers working at Imam Hatip High Schools. Therefore, the obtained data will provide to have an idea about the ‘imam hatip identity'. The research is based on qualitative method, semi-structured interview technique and the data obtained from 25 participants working as vocational courses teachers at İmam Hatip High Schools in Malatya city center in 2016/2017 academic year. As a result of the research, it is seen that the teachers could express their desire on students who have occupational competence and open to development; learn-ing motivation is high, researching and questioning, have a criti-cal thinking mind structure; honest, promising and behaving in a harmonious, patient, self-sacrificing, in a hard working moral structure; leadership based on patriotism, umma sensitivity; pio-neer, role-model, aware of the culture of the society in which they live, harmonious and continue to develop it, using technology and catching the age but not dependent on them; on the line of Ahl al-Sunnah but not sectarian, and respectful of different beliefs.