This book offers a comprehensive overview of English language teaching and learning across Turkic-speaking countries and regions, including Türkiye, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Northern Cyprus. It brings together leading scholars and practitioners to explore how English is positioned within multilingual education systems and how language policy, curriculum design, and teacher education are negotiated in diverse sociocultural contexts.

The chapters provide evidence-based analyses of policy frameworks, pedagogical practices, and teacher development initiatives, highlighting both shared challenges and country-specific innovations. By situating English language education within broader debates on globalization, identity, and linguistic equity, this book bridges global TESOL discourses with regionally grounded perspectives.

This book is an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and educators interested in applied linguistics, language policy and planning, comparative and international education, and sociolinguistics. It offers critical insights into how English functions as a tool for internationalization and modernization while intersecting with local priorities and cultural values.

Servet Çelik is Professor of English Language Education at Trabzon University (Türkiye). He holds graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University Bloomington. His research focuses on EFL instruction, intercultural communicative competence, language teacher professional development, curriculum development, and English language education in multilingual contexts. He has led national curriculum initiatives, authored numerous scholarly publications, and presented his work internationally. He has taught and conducted academic work in several countries, including the United States, Latvia, and, most recently, Kazakhstan. His work is guided by a commitment to culturally responsive, context-sensitive pedagogy and international academic collaboration.