The Progress and Current Situation of Creative Drama in the Turkish Education System

The 1980’s are considered to be the era in which the Turkish education system reflected on the scientific aspect of creative drama and research became intensive. Creative drama started to take its place in the system as a method of teaching, a branch of learning, and an aesthetic art form and become a class taught not only in private schools or institutions, but has become a mandatory class in state primary schools as well. YÖK (the Higher Education Council) has started a new initiative “The Reconstruction of Education Faculties “Preschool Drama” and “Primary School Drama” courses have become mandatory lessons for teacher training. This is considered to be an important point that the Turkish education system has attained.