AN INVESTIGATION OF POSTGRADUATE THESES IN COOKERY FIELD IN TURKEY

Abstract

In this study, postgraduate theses prepared in the field of cookery between the years 1987-2021 registered in the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education were examined by content analysis method. A total of 31 postgraduate theses, including 26 master's theses and 5 doctoral theses, were included in the scope of the study. It is aimed to determine the current situation and to be a guide for further studies by examining various dimensions such as the types of theses, the year of publication of the thesis, university, city, type of university, research type, research method, the title of the thesis advisor, number of thesis pages and results. At the end of the study, master's thesis studies in the field of cookery are more than doctoral theses, the highest number of theses related to cookery were published in 2021 in the determined period, the most theses in the field of cookery were in Gazi University and in Ankara, more studies were conducted in state universities, the postgraduate theses were mostly studied with quantitative methods, the thesis advisor title was mostly assistant professor, and the theses were mostly in the range of 100-150 pages.