A Galance at Bilingualism as a Social, Linguistic and Educational Matter in Turkey

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to highlight the versatility of bilingualism types in past and present time in Turkey and to examine the extent to which the concept of bilingualism finds its place in the related Turkish literature. The study also focuses on the status of immigrants considering the related sociological bilingualism elements in Turkish society and ethnicity. The data includes the books and articles in Turkish related literature and the the-ses available at the Higher Education Council Thesis Center. Thus, the study was carried out in a style close to meta-synthesis form, it doesn’t constitute a literature review. study serves to close the gap for a general reference article about the academic studies on bilingualism in Turkey by enabling readers to look at the bilingualism forms in Turkey from different perspectives.