EUROMENTOR JOURNAL 7 MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION AND TEACHER’S CHARACTERISTICS SELAMI AHMET SALGUR  , ahmetsalgur@gmail.com AYNUR GURSOY  aynurgursoy@hotmail.com Abstract: In developing societies, the increase of economic and technological developments causes a huge amount of interactions between the respective societies and different cultures. Therefore, while solutions related to education are made multicultural the training process is also affected. The importance of being a multicultural educator and the importance of multicultural education are broadening. A multicultural educator can spur and boost the personal development and the progress of students’ academic success. Educators in this field are emphasizing the importance of teacher training programs. The teacher’s competences are directly proportional with students’ achievements. In this study, we are going to analyze in details the importance of multicultural education and teachers characteristics. Keywords: multicultural education, multicultural teacher’s characteristic, teacher training, multiculturalism. 1. What Is Multicultural Education? In today’s multifaceted societies and world, the increased social relations between countries caused different communities to live together. Therefore the “concept of multiculturalism and multicultural education” is discussed constantly and its importance is ceaselessly enhanced. Multiculturalism does not contain only elements pertaining to culture. In addition, it includes elements referring to different religions and  Lecturer PhD., Faculty of International Relations - The South East Lumina University, Bucharest.  PhD. Student, Faculty of Educational Sciences, TheUniversity of Bucharest.