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The aim of this research is to synthesize postgraduate theses on thinking skills in social studies teaching. The study was prepared with the qualitative research method. The data were analyzed by descriptive content analysis and thematic content analysis analysis (metasynthesis). The postgraduate theses included in the research were obtained from the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education with an internet connection. Theses were searched with the keywords of social studies and thinking skills. In this study, 55 postgraduate theses which prepared between 2005 and 2019 were examined. The identified studies were coded with the letter ‘R’ by shortening ‘Research’. Codes in the form of R1, R2, R3, ..., R55 were given and recorded in detail. All the theses examined are primarily coded. Then all the encoded data is tabulated for the created themes. The coded theses are categorized according to the purpose, year, university, sample region, thesis type, model, method, results and suggestions. The frequencies of the theses, which were coded and turned into tables, were determined. The frequencies found were interpreted in accordance with the content analysis.

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