Examination of the texts in the children's journals published in 2018-2019 in terms of the themes in the Turkish lesson teaching program

In this study, the themes in the Turkish Lesson Curriculum were determined and the texts in the journals included in the study were examined based on these themes. The aim of the research is to examine the compatibility of the themes in the texts of six children's magazines published in 2018-2019 with the themes in the Turkish Lesson Curriculum and to determine their contribution to Turkish education in this way. These magazines selected as samples are: Bilim Çocuk, Mavi Kırlangıç, TRT Çocuk, Bilge Çocuk, Çamlıca Çocuk ve MinikaGO. Qualitative research method was used in the study. The document analysis technique was used for the distribution of themes, subject and text types in 71 issues of six journals suitable for the determined target audience. The research consists of three main parts. In the first part of the research, the theoretical framework, in the second part the method, in the third part, the findings related to the distribution of the theme, subject and text type of the texts in the journals were presented and the results were evaluated. There are examples of the texts in Bilge Çocuk magazine belonging to every theme in the Turkish Lesson Curriculum. It has been observed that the journals frequently deal with the themes in accordance with the publication policy. While the themes of science and technology, children's world, personal development, nature and universe were frequently covered in the reviewed journals, it was determined that the themes of national struggle and Atatürk, citizenship were the least covered. In the texts, subjects such as discoveries and inventions, culture, scientists, cities, universe, nature, sports, skills, animals, entertainment and games are frequently covered. In the examination of text types, it is found that informative texts are used more frequently. The result of the research is important in terms of suggesting new source texts suitable for the determined target audience in line with the data obtained.