Investigation of human rights and democracy issues in the book on civil knowledge for the citizens in terms of the outcomes of effective citizenship learning field

In essence, the Social Studies program was created with the aim of raising citizens who are loyal to Atatürk's principles and reforms, who internalize and protect their country and moral values, respect democracy and human rights, have the ability to think critically, are sensitive to the events surrounding them, do not shy away from producing, and are aware of their responsibilities. When we examine some points from this definition carefully, the Social Studies program actually aims to raise effective citizens. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was aware of the necessity of raising active and effective citizens in the first years of the Republic, when the people, who had just come out of wars, were struggling economically. He was aware that the country would not be able to develop unless military and economic victories were supported by education. He organized an education congress in 1921 with the slogan of giving direction to national education, before the end of the war. A leader who embraces the importance of education even in war; Of course, it will not be surprising that he wants to raise citizens who are loyal to their country and moral values, who can think critically, and who attach importance to science and production. Based on this idea, in a letter he wrote to İsmet İnönü; "The importance of patriotism is known in order to raise the children of the country as good citizens. I suggested that the necessary parts of the election, taxes, military service and civil information books for the citizen published so far by the teacher Afet Hanım should be brought together and arranged to be reprinted as the first volume of the civil information book for the citizen." This research has a qualitative design and data collection was carried out by document analysis method. Its purpose can be stated as "Examination of Human Rights and Democracy issues in the Civil Information for Citizens book in terms of Active Citizenship learning area". The study group of the research was determined as effective citizenship learning field achievements and Civil Information for Citizen books. For Citizen In the Civil Information book, sixty topics on human rights and democracy, within the framework of effective citizenship acquisitions, were reached and examined. These sixty topics we obtained were divided into five categories and coded. The research consists of five parts. In the first part, information about the purpose, importance, limitations and definitions of the research is included. In the second part, theoretical information and related studies are included. In the third part, about the method of the research; The model of the research, the study group, data collection and data analysis information are included. In the fourth part of the study, the findings we obtained are explained with the help of tables, while in the fifth part, information about the result and suggestions for researchers are given. Keywords: Social Studies, Effective Citizenship, Human Rights, Democracy