Investigation of theses written in the departments of international trade and logistics management and international trade and logistics

Along with the rapid technological progress brought about by globalization, there have been developments in international trade and this has led to an increase in the competitive environment between countries. Businesses that want to gain a competitive advantage need the logistics industry to deliver the traded goods quickly and reliably. It can be said that there is a strong link between international trade and logistics in terms of contributing to the strengthening of logistics activities in international trade and facilitating international trade transactions in logistics activities. This sector, which has a more complex and comprehensive structure compared to the past, requires working individuals to be qualified. In postgraduate education, which is a higher step of undergraduate education, both the knowledge and skills acquired in undergraduate education are developed and new knowledge and skills are gained. This situation increases the importance given to postgraduates in order to be able to specialize and become competent in any field of science. In addition to the postgraduate education, the theses written here also play an important role in revealing the developments in a branch of science. For this reason, the aim of this research is to examine the postgraduate theses written in the Departments of International Trade and Logistics and International Trade and Logistics Management in Turkey with the content analysis method and to present a general profile about these theses. The scope of the research consists of 380 theses written in the Departments of International Trade and Logistics and International Trade and Logistics Management obtained from the National Thesis Center of YÖK. The data obtained through these theses were digitized by the content analysis method. Findings are presented in frequency tables by making a distinction between frequency and percentage values, and master's and doctoral status. As a result of the analysis, the most theses were written at Maltepe University, the theses were completed in 2019 at the most, the theses were written intensively in master's programs, in Turkish, in the main topic of logistics, in foundation universities, using quantitative methods, by selecting business and data set as samples, It was determined that the survey method was mostly preferred as the data collection method and frequency, correlation and factor analysis were applied respectively in the analysis method.