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Education is very important for all societies. Through education, societies want to raise their individuals in the best way in order to survive. While the individual learns the social life by means of education; Societies adopt their historical, political and cultural characteristics to their members. However, education takes place in schools with systematic and planned teaching and learning activities. The first person responsible for teaching students the desired behaviors in schools and reinforcing the learned behaviors is the teacher. Not giving the needed value to the teachers in the society may cause the desired goals in education not to be achieved. For this reason, the aim of the research is to determine the 'perception of teachers in society' in line with the opinions of teachers. In line with the purpose of the research, this study was carried out in accordance with the basic qualitative research. The study group of this research consists of 25 Social Studies teachers working in secondary schools in Diyarbakır city center. In order to obtain data in the research, a semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher by consulting expert opinions was used. The data obtained at the end of the interview were analyzed by content analysis. As a result of the research, it has been concluded that teachers think that different professional groups have the perception of teachers, their salaries are insufficient, their free time is excessive, they have no professional difficulties, they are seen as an ordinary profession and everyone can teach. In addition, according to the participants, it was concluded that in the event of student failure, the responsibility is seen on the teacher; the teacher's evaluations are not taken into account, the child is above everything, and the parents have the perception that I know everything.
