The article deals with the teaching of International Relations (IR) in Turkey from the perspective of international legal human rights developments and foreign policy. The relationship between IR and human rights dates back to the beginning of the Second World War. Since then, the principle of respect for human rights has become one of the fundamental principles of IR. No state currently challenges the idea that human rights must be respected everywhere in the world. It is generally accepted that human rights is not a domestic issue of states; but also important for and integrated with foreign policies. International legal human rights developments should thus be reflected in foreign policy with a human rights objective in teaching of IR. Despite the importance of the reflection in foreign policy of international legal human rights developments in teaching of IR, the results of an internet survey among the IR students in Turkey show a need to have more opportunity to be able to follow the international developments in the area of international law of human rights.