The purpose of this study is to examine the methodological trends in the history of Turkish sociology within three stages. At the first stage it is aimed to determine certain paradigmatic trends adopted in Turkish sociology, known as naturalistic, humanistic and multi dimensional paradigms, at the second one it is tried to put forward the methodological studies directed by these paradigms, and at the third one the aim is to find out -on the basis of limited examples and by taking the historical cycles into consideration- the researches directed -intentionally or unintentionally- by these methodologies.
AHMET ZEKİ ÜNAL