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Although it has been accepted as a separate professional expertise in the world, it is important that the forensic accounting profession, which is still in the development stage in Turkey, is evaluated by the instructors who provide accounting education. The aim of this study is to reveal the instructors’ -who are working in the department of Accounting-Finance in Turkey- awareness levels of forensic accounting, the issues needed in the forensic accounting profession and their opinions on the barriers of forensic accounting education, and suggestions for the development of the forensic accounting profession in Turkey. As a result of the research, high levels of participation were observed as the statements in the questionnaire regarding the "forensic accounting awareness levels" of the participants is 3,51, in terms of the dimension of "issues needed in the forensic accounting profession" is 3,96 and in terms of the dimension of "issues needed in the forensic accounting profession" is 3,51. In addition, it was concluded that whether an expert has been done before and the opinions differ significantlyin terms of age variable. Also in the context of the variable of gender, academic title, educational status, and duration of work experience, there was no significant difference between these views.