ÖzetEğitim faaliyetleri ülkeler için büyük önem arz etmektedir. Çünkü eğitim, bireysel ve zihinsel gelişimin temel dayanak noktasıdır. Kitle iletişim araçlarının hızlı bir ivme kazanması ise eğitim üzerinde olumlu etki yaratmıştır. Radyo, televizyon, bilgisayar, uydu, internet gibi teknolojilerle eğitimin çehresi köklü bir şekilde değişmiştir. İnternet teknolojisinin eğitimde kullanılmasıyla birlikte "uzaktan eğitim" adı verilen kapsamlı bir öğretim hizmeti ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu çalışma temel olarak uzaktan eğitimin tarihçesi üzerinde durmakta ve Türkiye' de uzaktan eğitimin güncel durumunu irdelenmektedir. Çalışma sonucunda ise uzaktan eğitimin her yaştan her kesimden tüm insanlar için bir hak olduğu gerçeği ortaya çıkmıştır.Anahtar Kelimeler: Uzaktan eğitim, internet, açık öğretim, sanal sınıf, uzaktan eğitimin tarihçesi Historical development of distance education and the situation in Turkey AbstractEducation is very important for all of the countries. Because, education is the basic premise of personal and intellectual development. Developing of mass media has a positive impact on education. The face of education has changed with the technologies such as radio, television, computers, satellites and the internet. Distance education has emerged with the use of internet in education. This study mainly focuses on the history of distance education and the current status of distance education in Turkey are examined. In conclusion, the fact that distance education has emerged a right for everyone.

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Internet technology today shows a quick progress, and social networks increase their number of users on each day. Social networking, which is one of the main indicators of the technology era, attracts people of all ages while the virtual world goes beyond the real life via the applications it offers. Especially young people show an intense interest in social media which is an extension of the Internet technology. Social media addiction is increasing both in Turkey and all around the world. This study aims to determine the level of social media addiction in young people in Turkey, and to make suggestions on the prevention of the addiction while stating the current work carried out on the subject in Turkey. Survey type research model is used in the study, and social media addiction is examined in depth to determine causes of the addiction among young people. In this study, the addiction factor of the Social Networking Status Scale is used as a data collection tool to measure social media addiction among young people. The scale has three factors including addiction, ethics and convergence, and it is a reliable and valid scale, as the reliability and validity of the scale had been tested. The study is conducted on 271 students between the ages of 13-19. It has been found that gender (t=0.406; P>0.05) makes no significant difference in social media addiction while the factors of age (F=6.256; P<0.05), daily time spent on the Internet (F=44.036; P<0.05) and daily frequency of visiting social media profiles (F=53.56; P<0.05) make significant differences in addiction level. The results have showed that low addiction level of 14-year group increases with age up to 17 years, and the level decreases in 18-year group. Social media addiction level shows a dramatic increase also in the case of daily time spent on the Internet increases. More frequent daily visits to social media profiles increase the addiction as well. The study also provides suggestions on possible actions to prevent addiction.

Social media, generated by advances in internet technology, are heavily used by individuals of every age and every class both in Turkey and all over the world. Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+ make virtual societies possible, and enable ideas, opinions and comments to be shared. This sharing of visual and auditory context without any limitations has produced a more democratic platform. The democratic structure specific to social media enables them to be used for social and political purposes. In this study, a research is conducted on social/political use of social media in Turkey. Results of the research revealed that majority of the participants (46.6%) spend 2 to 4 hours on social media and 75.6% of the participants use smart phones for social media access. 11.2% of participants stated that they use social media for political and social purposes. 78.9% of the participants use Twitter and Facebook for political/social information sharing. 67.7% of participants frequently use Twitter for political/social purposes. In terms of political issues, participants prefer to use social media for domestic affairs rather than international affairs. The most controversial result was about the participants' pessimistic attitude towards social media. Some part of the participants think that social media will not change anything in Turkey, and the other part states that social media usage will divide up the society. Detailed analyses are given throughout the article.