Abstract:

This study aims to determine the research profiles of Ph.D. dissertations on Turkish language education submitted between 1995 and 2020 in Turkey. The study examines the main research themes and trends in Ph.D. dissertations with a comprehensive approach. The study is carried out based on the data of the Higher Education Council Thesis Center and analyzes 248 dissertations on Turkish language education. The dissertations are analyzed according to the criteria such as annual thesis production, keywords, subject area, the title of advisor, research method and design, data collection tools, data analysis method, sample selection method, and thesis-publication ratio. The data in the study are analyzed by content analysis to reveal the bibliographic, thematic, and methodological dimensions of the dissertations in detail. According to the results of the study, 2015 is the year that the most dissertations on this subject were produced. The Ph.D. dissertations are mainly submitted under the supervision of professor doctors. Mixed research designs are the most preferred design in dissertations. Since 2010, teaching Turkish to foreigners has attracted great interest in doctoral dissertations. It is clear that more than half of the dissertations (53.22%) have been published. The Journal of Mother Tongue Education is the most preferred media organ for publication in dissertations that have turned into journal articles.

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