摘要：This article is a review and critics of gifted ed-ucation in Turkey. Gifted education in Turkey has undergone dramatic changes in recent years. Innovations and regulations in the edu-cation of gifted and talented students have emerged and been formed as a result of a global agenda of the country. New steps such as the establishment of science high schools have been taken at specific critical point in his-tory. With the beginning of the 21stcentury, the education of gifted students has gained mo-mentum with the national strategic plan on gifted education and establishment of gifted education departments in universities. In the last fifteen years, the number of special pro-grams and scientific publications has multi-plied. Even though gifted education in Turkey has progressed notably over years, certain problems still remain unsolved, such as incon-sistencies in definitions and contradictions be-tween definitions and practices, inefficiency in nationwide identification, inadequate number of program types, recruitment of untrained teachers and lack of expertise in program de-velopment, and opposition against gifted edu-cation
