CHILDREN OF THE REPUBLIC ARE 100 YEARS OLD

Abstract

This research aims to determine the emotions of the children visiting the parliament where the Republic was proclaimed. The research is a descriptive study based on qualitative data. In this study, the phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research designs, was used. Participants are 100 students aged 9-13, studying in Ankara. The quota sampling method was used as the "age" group was considered while selecting the participants. The data collection process took 4 months. The letters written by the participants were used as data collection tool. The data collected in the research were analyzed using the content analysis method. The findings were tabulated as code and frequency values. As a result of the findings obtained and the interpretation of these findings, it was concluded that the participants could write letters and express their feelings in letters. The fact that "gratitude" has the highest frequency among the 32 emotion-values ​​obtained shows that the participating children have conscious feelings towards the people who contributed to the proclamation of the Republic. Within the scope of project dissemination activities, it was aimed to reach more people by organizing events such as exhibitions, expert talks, virtual museum tours, and social media news. As a research proposal, environments where children can develop historical empathy can be provided. The War of Independence Museum can be introduced to children through different activities. Thus: “We founded the Republic, you are the ones who will keep it alive and raise it.” support can be provided to become conscious of his word.