Cetin, Senil Unlu2025-01-212025-01-212021978-981165739-9978-981165738-2https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5739-9_13https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/23324This chapter introduces the early childhood teacher education system in Turkey.After a brief history of teacher education in general and of the early childhood teacher education in particular; chapter provides detail information on the registration structure to early childhood teacher education programs, process of Bachelor’s degree for early childhood education, i.e. courses taken by pre-service early childhood educators (PECEs), evaluation of PECEs during university education, teaching practices, nomination of PECEs to preschools after their graduation. Also, the chapter critically evaluate Turkish early childhood teacher education programs by pointing out main problems highlighted by research and governmental reports. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBook Chapter19921610.1007/978-981-16-5739-9_132-s2.0-85159493050N/A