469NURSING RESEARCH TRENDS IN TURKEY: A STUDY ON POSTGRADUATE AND DOCTORATE THESESBackground &Aim: In Turkey, there is no research done except a workshop that defined the national priorities in nursing researches and a paper. This study aims to determine topic trends by examining nursing postgraduate and doctorate thesis titles. Methods & Materials: Postgraduate and doctorate theses between 1984 and 2007 (n=1324) were investigated in this investigation. Theses were found online from the higher Education Institution website, with the keyword “nursing”. Results: Most used topic trends in postgraduate theses were defining knowledge level studies, studies involving scales and basic nursing applications. For doctorate theses those were studies involving scales, quality studies, defining knowledge level studies. Conclusion: Theses examined were mostly postgraduate, and theses were mostly done in nursing department. Topic trends in postgraduate theses were towards determining knowledge level, this was scale studies for doctorate theses. There is no planned study in determining nursing investigation priorities in Turkeymelekardahan@hotmail.comResearch632016Nursing,Thesis,Postgraduate thesis,Doctorate thesis,TurkeyMelek Ardahan RN,Süheyla Altuğ Ozsoy RNAssociate Professor, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Nursing, Ege University, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.,Professor,Department of Public Health, Faculty of Nursing, Ege University, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.