Using Controversial Issues In History Lessons: Views Of Turkish History Teachers

The purpose of this paper is to determine the views of Turkish history teachers about teaching controversial issues. A qualitative approach was used in this study in order to gather data in response to the research questions, and the information itself was secured through a semi-structured interview. 20 history teachers who joined this study were chosen from the province of Trabzon through purposive sampling. In the light of the data, it seems that history teachers do not teach controversial issues; nor do they have either the education or skills to teach controversial issues in their history courses.