In 2017, the Ministry of National Education decided that not only cursive handwriting instruction, but also vertical basic writing could be used in teaching early literacy. In other words, the choice of writing style was left to the teachers. In 2019, it was decided to use only orthogonal basic writing in literacy teaching. The aim of this study is to examine the opinions of primary school teachers who work in the first grade of primary school and use orthogonal basic writing in teaching early literacy on the transition to vertical basic writing while using cursive handwriting in other elementary classes. The study was designed qualitatively, and the special case method was used in the study. The Study Group was formed by 17 primary school teachers working in primary schools in Patnos district of Ağrı province. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview form prepared by the researchers. NVIVO 9 computer-assisted qualitative analysis software was used to analyze the data. As a result of semi-structured interviews with the participation of 17 teachers, it was observed that the teachers reached an agreement about 8 views in total. Accordingly, all of the participant teachers approved the transition to vertical basic writing and they considered it more appropriate for the student. According to the majority of teachers, the writing of vertical basic writing is easier than the cursive handwriting, and it affects students’ writing skills positively. While the students had more positive attitudes towards orthographic basic writing, the teachers emphasized that vertical basic writing is the writing style we will encounter in every aspect of our life. According to a few teachers, cursive handwriting makes the whole easier to see and also makes the transition process difficult.