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In this research, it has been aimed to study the postgraduate theses written about Syrian students between the years 2015-2022. The database of the National Thesis Centre of YOK was searched using the keywords "Syrian, immigrant, asylum seeker, refugee students/children", and as a result of the scanning process, 156 theses were determined as the data source of the research. The research was designed according to document analysis, one of the qualitative research methods. Descriptive content analysis was used for analysing the theses. The theses were studied in terms of tendency states within the frame of the universities and institutions they were conducted, their types, the date of publishing, name preferences, keywords preferences, the education level they head for, the topics, the research patterns, the study groups, sample sizes, the data collection tools, and the methods of analysis. As a result of research findings, it has been determined that the theses were conducted mostly in Istanbul and Ankara universities’ social sciences institutes, they were predominantly postgraduate thesis type, and they were published in 2019. It has been determined that in the theses, the ‘Syrian’ name was often preferred for the titles of the theses, ‘Syrian student/ child’ and ‘forced/ international migration’ expressions become predominant in keywords, and the thesis usually focused on primary and secondary school students. In the selection of topics, in accordance with the opinions, attitudes, perceptions, observations and experiences of the education stakeholders, a tendency towards the adaptation of Syrian students to social life and school life, the problems they experience in their educational life with their peers and the difficulties they experience in some courses, especially with their teachers, has been observed. It has been determined that mostly qualitative research patterns were applied in the theses, working with student and teacher groups of 1-100 people in general, interview and survey methods are given priority in data collection, and content analysis and predictive statistics are given priority in data analysis. It has been thought that the new research heading towards more on Syrian students/children in cities with a high Syrian population, large groups in numbers, mixed method; one of the data collection methods, scale, observation, and document analysis; secondary and higher education levels, to the opinions and experiences of parents, school administrators and especially peers will provide depth and width to the literatüre.

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