This study aims to investigate how national education councils are organized in Turkey, shed light on their voting procedures, and examine their perceived challenges, based on data from eight participants of the 18th National Education Council. A qualitative research design was adopted and data were collected through semi-structured interviews. By scrutinizing a particular decision-making convention in a centralized system, the study offers significant evidence on education decision-making and contributes to the existing body of literature on education decision-making in accordance with governance principles.