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Purpose of this study is to evaluate the empatic tendency levels of Turkish teacher candidates with regard to variables of gender, class level, and GPA. Research's data collected with 'Empatic Tendency Scale' developed by Dokmen and 'Personal Information Form' prepared by researchers. Study's sample consist of 138 (64 male, 74 female) students studying in Ataturk and Karadeniz Technical University Education Faculty Turkish Education Departments. Data analysed with SPSS 11.5 programme. Results of the study can be summarized as follow: Turkish teacher candidates have empatic tendency level above the average (X:3,40), gender and GPA are not meaningful variables but class level is meaningful on the empatic tendency level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]