Peace Corps and Their Activities in the Turkish National Education System

The aim of this study is to show the place of Peace Corps in the Turkish education system. The Peace Corps are made up of American citizens sent by the United States to different countries of the world for specific purposes. Peace Corps, who are active in different fields also focused on education in Turkey like in other countries. In Turkey, Peace Corps who were responsible for this field, worked at the official schools of the Ministry of National Education and mostly served as English teachers. Despite the fact that most of them were university graduates, Peace Corps who did not have initial teacher training and worked in different regions of Turkey generally had difficulty in teaching. However, there were very successful ones in teaching among Peace Corps. Peace Corps had important observations about their students, institutions they worked at and places they lived in. Likewise, there were the observations of the students and school administrations about Peace Corps. This helps us to understand the position of Peace Corps within the Turkish National Education System