Examination of popular science magazines published by TÜBİTAK for children in terms of children's rights

This study was conducted to examine the "Meraklı Minik" and "Bilim Çocuk" popular science magazines published monthly by TÜBITAK in terms of the articles in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Sixteen issues published in different seasons of both journals constituted the data source of the research in total. Content analysis, which is one of the qualitative research methods was used to analyze the current data and evaluated in terms of positive and negative usage. In the magazines analysed both textually and visually, very few examples were encountered as negative use of children rights. In the magazines respectively from most to the least; right of participation, right of development and right of protection were given place.