: The ideal of raising a religious generation has never been the official policy in Turkey. In this context Imam Hatip schools were considered only as educational institutions that train religious officials. However, with the ideal of raising a religious generation expressed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2012, religiosity and Imam Hatip schools became an important component in the state‘s conception of society for the first time. It is understood that a significant part of this religious generation is expected to graduate from the Imam Hatip schools as official education institutions. It is important to indicate the different characteristics of the generations of Imam Hatip schools for understanding what kind of historical experience will feed the new generation.The study aims to create ideal types by classifying the generations educated in Imam Hatip schools in the context of socio-political effects. The national and global effects of the period they lived in caused each generation to have different characteristics. In the study, which is based on observation, document review and literature review, it was seen that Imam Hatip generations differed in parallel with the sociopolitical conditions that emerged throughout the history of the Republic of Turkey. So four Imam Hatip generations with different characteristics have been identified. Those who were educated in these schools between 1951-1983 were named as “Founding Generation”, between 1983-1997 “Golden Generation”, between 1997-2012 “Lost Generation” and after 2012 as “New Generation”.