In this research, postgraduate studies on Cahit Zarifoğlu; The aim of this study was to examine them according to the year they were made, university, institute, type of thesis, the languages in which they were written, the subjects, the way their aims were expressed, research methods, universe and samples, data collection tools, and whether they included suggestions. 25 postgraduate theses registered to the YÖK national thesis center on the subject have been identified and all of these theses have formed the subject of the research. Qualitative research method was adopted in the examination of the identified theses. The data were obtained by content analysis method. As a result of the examination; The first postgraduate study on Cahit Zarifoğlu was conducted in 1992, the most theses (6 theses, 24%) were made in 2019, all of the studies were at the master’s level, 17 theses (68%) were made at the Social Sciences Institute, 56% of them stated the objectives. It has been reached to the data that all of the studies were done in Turkish, most of the studies were done at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University, and the studies were done on the subjects that reveal the different aspects of the author, based on the works of Cahit Zarifoğlu. Based on the data obtained, it was concluded that all aspects of Cahit Zarifoğlu’s works that can be reached were mentioned, and there was no aspect that was not mentioned. On the other hand, based on the theses examined, it is evaluated that there are limitations in the subjects related to Cahit Zarifoğlu. Based on the results obtained, suggestions are given for researchers who want to work in the field.
Cahit Zarifoğlu, children’s literature, values education, personality development.