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Educational policy is the concept that defines the decisions political powers prefer to do or not to do in the field of education. This study aimed to examine various aspects of graduate theses between the years 2015-2020 in the field of educational policies in Turkey, and bibliometric analysis method is used accordingly. According to the results, Graduate theses in the field of education policies in the specified year were scanned by the document review method through the National Thesis Center. The obtained data were analyzed with descriptive bibliometric and content analysis methods. it has been determined that the studies in this field have increased over the years, and except for 2020, they are mostly carried out at the MA level and written in Turkish language. The methodology information was not partially or completely accessible in most of the studies. Qualitative research approach and case study design are preferred mostly in studies in which methodology knowledge is available. Document analysis and interview was used mostly as the data collection method, and descriptive & content analyses were used mostly as the data analysis method. Periodic educational policies, immigrant (refugee) educational policies, political party educational policies, and comparative educational policies take the lead in the distribution of studies by subject. It is recommended to repeat such studies at various intervals due to their contribution to the relevant scientific field and their guidance for researchers. In addition, more detailed bibliometric studies including the citation and bibliography statistics of graduate studies can be carried out, which is not mentioned in this study and which constitutes a limitation of the research.

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