Education Discourses and Policies of Political Parties in Turkey Background. In each country, education occurs in line with the policy of the state and also to whom it appeals is determined by the government (Varıs, 1988). A state that was established in line with any political understanding is in the center of the struggle for power. This is a political party in Government, the fight results in the present democrasies. This struggle results in coming to power for a political party in present democrasies (Kücüker, 2009). One of the goals of the political parties which are established by the people sharing similar views of political parties by organizing is to come to power (Kıslalı, 1997), to steer the policies of the country in line with the adopted opinions and ideologies, to shape the structure of society, to get the right to use power on behalf of the people. Political parties by getting the power perform their own views and interests (Tanilli, 2007), give identity to the community, train the masses and raise awareness. This situation is a universal qualified function of political parties. During the period they stay in power, they leave important traces whose effects can last for so long (Pektas, 1997). In order to achieve changes in all these fields, particularly the understanding and the system of education must be brought into line with this ideology. Education is a field of study which all the parties care about and doesn’t change according to the political parties in power or in opposition. Even in this respect, schools having the future potential for the politics have always been seen as a strategic means (Varıs, 1988). On the review of literature it is seen that the studies in which the views of political parties were discussed are quite limited. In the study made by Aydın (1997) on this subject, the views, towards education, teaching and teachers, in the programs of political parties between the years 1908-1997 and the governments ruling between the years 1920-1997 were discussed. Also in a study on a similar subject made by Bulut and Guven (2010), in the programs of parties having groups in Turkish Grand National Assembly in 2008, the regulations they aimed to perform at the level of primary education were analysed. Due to the limited number of researches on a similar subject, it is hoped that this study can do a contribution to the field. In this study, when the political parties come to power, what kind of education activities they are going to fulfill for the public, what policies they adopt in the field of education, what kind of solutions they are going to produce to the problems existing in these areas are focused on the opinions mentioned in the party programs and the election manifestos which are the most significant sources of information.