A BIBLIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT ON STUDIES OF SOCIOLOGY OF YOUTH IN TURKEY

The study which aims to resolve the lack regarding assessment of available literature in Turkish in the field of sociology of youth consists of three main parts. In the first part, general evaluations on Turkish youth studies between 1923 and 2012 take place, and also they are analyzed in terms of publication quantities and thematic differentiations in certain periods. In the second part, some pieces of general information are given about the importance of sociology of youth, general tendencies of this literature, first bibliographical studies on it, general trend of academic production, and lastly contents of postgraduate studies. In the third and last part, a detailed analysis is made including the evaluations of contributions of studied fields and prominent themes and names in the field of sociology of youth. In the conclusion, both disadvantages and possibilities of sociology of youth are discussed, and it is intended that a project should be presented on what to be done in the field. It is aimed to create an assessment of sociology of youth by concentrating on prominent headings, forgotten aspects and unstudied themes of sociology of youth. Adapted from the source document.