Manga is a Japanese comic book that differs from comics in style and content and contains elements from Japanese culture. This study aims to get Turkish teachers' opinions and suggestions about the content of manga and its suitability for students and to learn their students' interest in manga from the Turkish teachers participating in the study. For this purpose, thirty questions created through Google Forms were sent to twenty-two Turkish teachers teaching Turkish in public and private secondary schools in different regions of Turkey. The answers were collected via Google Surveys and the data were interpreted by content analysis method. The research data were analyzed by dividing them into five different themes in line with the opinions of the participating teachers. As a result of the research, it was determined that the majority of Turkish teachers, who stated that students mostly prefer books with fantasy and adventure content, do not read manga, although they know Japanese manga by name. At the same time, although the teachers do not see the content of manga as suitable for Turkish culture and children, they are in favor of students reading manga genre with the changes to be made.
Japanese manga, popular culture, culture industry, teacher’s opinions, children