Analysis of theses on entrepreneurship in Turkey

Most individuals in today's world want to take advantage of the opportunuties that will arise around them. In order to get the benefit of these opportunities, a concept called entrepreneurship arose. It is basically derived from the French Word 'entreprede', which means to do something. Countries are making plans that encourage entrepreneurship, together with scientific studies and policies that develop this concept. As this concept developed, it was seen that it was affected by many factors, including economic, social, cultural, financial, etc. In the globalizing world and in the globalizing competetive environment, the competitive environment is a very effective factor for the existence of nations in the economic area where the conditions will become more diffucult day by day. In the time travel of societies, entrepreneurship has taken on a different structure especially with the period after the transition to the information society. As entrepreneurship develops, these ideas which create new opportunities caused the emergence of new goods and services. This innovation in goods and services also provided economic growth. In addition to economic growth, entrepreneurship causes the creation of employment areas and the increase of the socio-economic level of a society. Entrepeneurship which dates old times, has emerged in different forms today by taking a long journey. A person who does business for the production of goods and services is called an entreprenur. Entrepreneurs, whowere shaped as merchants and individual talents during the Ottoman period, exceeded their abilities with the establishment of the republic. The invesments made by the government for the purpose of ensuring development have left their place to free entreprenurs since the 1960s, resulting in the emergence of new entreprenurs. Almost all of these emerging entreprenurship are similar people with qualified characteristics. These people are defined as those who take risks, combine the means of production correctly, realize the necessary goods and services, and discover market opportunities where these will turn into profits. In this study, the subjects of the academic studies, research methods and application areas on entrepreneurship in master degree and doctorate theses are emphasized in additon to researches from these theses in the country. Our researches includes thesis studies conducted between 1988 and 2021.