The study aims to review how textbooks are made in Turkey, which is oneof the major factors in Turkey’s education system and determine what thesystem implies. In Turkey, the process of developing textbooks is directly managed andsupervised by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry defined the formats ofthe education system by law and dictated what contents should be included,which languages can be used, and how the textbooks should be edited. Accordingly, textbooks in Turkey are a medium that delivers only the officialfacts and builds an educational foundation for the country. The textbooks serve as the key channel, through which enacted policies andideology of the government of Turkey are collected and delivered for thepurpose of diffusing official and standardized knowledge for the general public. Such policy originates from the mild nationalism of Ataturk that was aimed toencompass diverse ethnic groups and bind them all together as citizens ofTurkey. Education has been given top priority since the days when the nationwas engaged in fierce independent movements to secure its sovereignty afterthe defeat in World War I. The legislation of the Law of Unification ofEducation 1924 laid the groundwork for building a centralized educationalsystem in Turkey and this has continued until now. The photo of Ataturk, the national flag and anthem of Turkey, which haveto be shown in all textbooks have become a powerful symbol of the nation tohold all members of the nation together as the citizens of Turkey by reaffirmingthe perception on Turkey as the mother country and as being of a homogeneousethnic origin. Even before the establishment of the Republic of Turkey,education had been implemented as a framework to protect the people of thenation and as a channel to encompass diverse ethnic groups. Textbooks are themechanism that embodies this ideology in specifics and seem to be an effectivemethod in accomplishing what the government intended. However, to some extent, it restricts the view of the world and view of thevalues and is likely to cause an excessively standardized education. It seemsnecessary to adopt more flexibility by expanding autonomy in the educationand the textbook developing systems.