The aim of this study is the postgraduate thesis studies in the field of social studies education in Turkey between 2015 and 2021; to examine according to descriptive, methodological and subject distributions. Document analysis technique, which is one of the qualitative research designs, was used in the research. The main data source of the research is postgraduate theses. These theses were obtained by scanning in YÖK Thesis Center, and a total of 785 postgraduate theses, of which 659 are master's and 126 are doctoral theses, were examined. In the research, "Thesis Classification Table" and "Methodical Classification Table" were used as data collection tools. Content analysis technique, which is one of the analysis techniques used for qualitative research, was used in the research. According to the descriptive distribution results of the research; When the thesis type distributions were examined, it was observed that the master's theses were much more than the doctoral theses and the universities where the most studies were conducted were Gazi and Marmara universities. When the research type distributions of the theses were examined, it was observed that the most qualitative research type was used, and the scanning design was mostly used as a design. When the sample distributions of the theses were examined, it was observed that they mostly worked with secondary school students. According to the subject distribution results of the research; It was observed that subjects belonging to the categories of attitude/opinion/concern/belief and teaching method/technique/strategy/approach were studied. Another result is; It is the result of the theses made in the field of social studies education that there are some methodological deficiencies. It has been observed that some of the theses examined do not have a method section, and some theses have a method section, but are very incomplete and faulty in content. [For the full proceedings, see ED630948.]