INTERNATIONAL 8th USBİLİM EDUCATION, ECONOMY, MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES CONGRESS
A STUDY ON GRADUATE THESES WRITED ON ZIYA GÖKALP IN TURKEY
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Akademik Paylaşım Platformu Publishing House - APP Publications
Ziya Gökalp is one of the important theorists of Turkish nationalism, the Committee of Union and Progress and the Republic of Turkey, in addition to being the first representative of the national economy movement and the first sociologist of Turkey. The aim of this research is to examine the postgraduate theses about Ziya Gökalp, one of the important figures of Turkish thought and political life, in terms of various variables. The document review method was used in the research. The research was limited to the master's and doctoral theses registered in the National Thesis Center database of the Council of Higher Education (CoHE). Within the scope of the research, 75 master's theses and 12 doctoral theses were identified as a result of the search made with the keyword "Ziya Gökalp" in the master's and doctoral categories separately in the National Thesis Center database, and the research was conducted on these theses. As a result of the research, it was understood that there was an increase in the number of master's theses aiming to examine Ziya Gökalp from different aspects between the years 2006-2011 and after 2017; and an increase in the number of doctoral theses after 2019. Master's theses were completed in 40 different universities, 6 of which were private universities. Among all universities, the universities with the highest number of theses on Ziya Gökalp were Gazi University and Marmara University with 7 theses each. Doctoral theses were completed in 10 different universities, 2 of which were private universities. The highest number of doctoral theses were completed in Ankara University and Hacettepe University with 2 theses each. A significant portion of master's and doctoral dissertations were completed in the Social Sciences Institutes. 59 master's theses and 8 doctoral theses were completed in these institutes. The majority of master's theses were completed in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Sciences; doctoral theses were completed in the Department of Sociology. Master's theses, with 14 theses each, focus on education and training and Turkism/nationalism. When the distribution of doctoral theses is examined according to their subjects, it is understood that the largest number of theses (4 theses) are related to subjects such as modernization/Westernization/nation- state.
