Access More than 800 Thousand Master's and Doctoral Theses for Free: YÖK National Thesis Center!

SITE NAME AND LINKS:

• Site Name: YÖK National Thesis Center

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• Official URL: https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/

• Origin / Service Language: Türkiye (Council of Higher Education - YÖK) / Turkish and English

• System and Usage Information: tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/ home page.

• In our previous exploration, we looked at DergiPark for short academic articles; Well, All master's, doctoral and medical specialty theses in Türkiye is collected on one official site? Whether you're writing your own thesis or graduation project, conducting in-depth market research on an industry, or preparing a historical documentary script; YÖK National Thesis Center is the deepest mine of information you can find on the internet.

  The system has been accepted to date by universities in Türkiye more than 800,000 theses is registered. When you search for a subject, you can see who has previously written which theses on that subject, and you can download the full-text PDF files of hundreds of thousands of authorized theses directly to your computer without registering. Moreover, the "References" section at the end of a downloaded thesis alone provides you with a ready-made list of the 100 most valuable books and articles you should read on that subject!

• STEP BY STEP USE:

  1. From your browser https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/.

  2. "Scan" box and type the field to search (Thesis Name, Abstract, Subject, Author or All) and "Find" button.

  3. For a more precise search, see "Detailed Scan" or "Advanced Scanning" tab to filter a specific university, institute, thesis type (Master's / PhD) and year range.

  4. In the results listed "Thesis Number" column to open the thesis's citation and Turkish/English summary page.

  5. On the imprint page Click the "PDF" icon, enter the short security verification code (Captcha) that appears on the screen and download the full-text PDF file of the hundreds-page thesis to your device for free.

• REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITS: No membership or e-Government login is required to search for thesis and download PDF. Only graduate students who will upload their own thesis to the system or authors who will give publication permission to their thesis must log in via e-Government. Some old theses (especially before 2006) or theses whose author has a certain time limit due to patent/publication reasons may not be available for direct PDF download (their abstracts can be viewed and requested from university libraries via TÜBESS).

• PRIVACY AND SECURITY: is the official database of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK). As a researcher, you do not need to enter personal data when searching or downloading a thesis. Downloaded theses are protected under the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works No. 5846; When using it in your research or content, do not forget to cite the author's name and thesis number in accordance with academic ethical rules.

• ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES AND WHOM IT IS SUITABLE FOR:

  • Advantages: Huge national archive of 800,000+ theses, free full text PDF download without membership, advanced filtering based on subject/university/year, very rich literature and bibliography access.

  • Disadvantages: The interface has a classic database design; Every PDF download requires entering a security code (Captcha) for bot protection.

  • Who is it suitable for: Undergraduate, master's and doctoral students, academics, investigative journalists, writers and YouTubers who produce in-depth content.

• BRIEF CONCLUSION: When starting a new research topic or thesis writing "What has been studied before in Türkiye on this subject?" in 1 minute, your first stop should always be YÖK National Thesis Center!