The Excitement for the 2025–2026 School Year Has Begun
In primary and secondary schools under the Ministry of National Education, the 2025–2026 school year began with the first lesson on the theme “Protecting Our Green Homeland Against Forest Fires.” As part of this initiative, 184,455,297 textbooks were distributed free of charge to students in both public and private schools.
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In the new school year, approximately 18 million students and 1.2 million teachers at all educational levels said “hello to school” in 74,538 schools and 761,416 classrooms across the country. For the 2025–2026 academic year, 184,455,297 textbooks were distributed free of charge to students at public and private schools under the Ministry’s jurisdiction.
Awareness training and activities are planned for the first week of the academic year, and the first lesson began with the theme “Protecting Our Green Homeland Against Forest Fires.”
The “Turkey Century Education Model,” which was gradually introduced during the 2024–2025 academic year,"—which was introduced gradually—will be implemented this year in kindergarten and preparatory classes, as well as in grades 1 and 2 of elementary school, grades 5 and 6 of middle school, and grades 9 and 10 of high school.
"SAPLINGS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS"
With the aim of fostering a love of nature in schools, protecting our “green homeland,” raising awareness about forest fires, and carrying out activities such as planting saplings and cleaning forests throughout the year, in accordance with the “Breath from the Roots to the Future Protocol” signed with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, a short film themed “Every Child, a Sapling” will be screened on the first day of school, and saplings will be distributed to all elementary school students.
The Ministry of National Education also announced that, as part of the “Green Homeland—My School Is the Solution for the Future” events, various activities, training sessions, festivals, workshops, and fieldwork will be organized throughout the new academic year.
Meanwhile, 70,000 people were employed under the Public Benefit Program (TYP) during the new academic year, bringing the total number of support staff working in schools to 123,000.
FIRST MIDTERM BREAK: NOVEMBER 10–14
The first midterm break will take place from November 10–14. Since Atatürk Week coincides with the first mid-term break, all schools and institutions under the Ministry’s jurisdiction will hold events—such as scientific meetings, conferences, exhibitions, competitions, and theater performances—to commemorate Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his comrades-in-arms. These events will take place the week prior and will involve the participation of students, teachers, school administrators, and parents.
The first semester of the new academic year will end on January 16, 2026. The mid-semester break will begin on Monday, January 19, and end on Friday, January 30. The second semester will begin on Monday, February 2, and continue until Friday, June 26.
The mid-term break for the second semester will begin on March 16 and end on March 20.
