Headwords taken from colloquial language in TDK Turkish dictionary

In this study, which was prepared as a master's thesis, the headwords taken from colloquial language in theTurkish Language Association'sCurrentTurkish Dictionary were examined. Thepurpose of the thesis is to determine in which regionsand how often the words that are stated to be taken from colloquial language in the Turkish dictionary are used by checking from the Compilation Dictionary and Regional Dialect dictionaries; to check whether the words defined in this way are used in literary and Standard language and to express an opinion on the removal or continuation of the use of these abbreviations. The study consists of Introduction, Analysis, Conclusion and Bibliography sections. In the introduction section of the study, necessary explanations and studies about dictionary definitions and terms, lexicography, the history of Turkish dictionary studies, dictionary classifications and dictionary editing methods are included. In the analysis section,the use of the headwords taken from colloquial language in the Current Turkish Dictionary; in Compilation Dictionary, Regional Dialect Dictionaries, Sevan Nişanyan's Etymological Turkish Dictionary, Tuncer Gülensoy's Dictionary of Etymology of the Words in Turkey Turkish respectively, and in the written language was tried to be revealed. In the conclusion section, in line with the data explained in the analysis, suggestions were made to remove the abbreviation of hlk in the headwords taken from the colloquial language, if its use in text samples, ie in written language or in literary language, is more than 10 examples, and it should not be removed if it is less than 10 samples, and the result items were listed. In the bibliography section, the sources consulted while creating this study are included.