Turkey 8th Grade Curriculum - Visual Arts

Information on the current Turkish 8th-grade visual arts curriculum is limited. Research points to curriculum documents from 2013 and 2008, which may not reflect the current state of the curriculum.

A 2019 study evaluated Turkey's 2013 Visual Arts (Grades 1-8) curriculum, examining its clarity and developmental appropriateness. This evaluation can be found here: and A 2022 paper discusses traditional Turkish arts education in the context of the 2008 Visual Arts Curriculum and Guidebook:

While the specific learning domains of the current 8th-grade curriculum remain unclear, general information about the Turkish education system and visual arts education can be found on the following pages:

• Turkish K-12 Education System:
• Visual Arts Education (Wikipedia):
• Education in Turkey (Wikipedia):

A comparative analysis of color as a subject between Canada and Turkey mentions three learning domains in the Turkish Secondary Education Visual Arts Course Curriculum: “Visual Art Culture”, “Formation in Visual Arts” and “Visual Communication and Expression”: It is unclear if these domains apply to the 8th-grade curriculum specifically. A document on Arts Education in Turkey from 2014 mentions visual arts included in the curriculum for grades 5-8: This information may not be current.