This research was carried out to assess the overall trend in articles written in the area of teaching Turkish as a foreign language to children. Throughout the research, attention was paid to the concept of "teaching Turkish to children". Searches were performed through the Google Academic, Dergipark, Ebscohost, and Researchgate databases when deciding on the research made on the subject. The meta-synthesis model was used in the study. The Meta-synthesis method offers the ability to deeply analyze the data, methods, and theoretical aspects of the reviewed studies. The articles identified as a result of the scanning were analyzed using the content analysis method. These articles were analyzed in terms of year of publication, the number of authors, aim, topic, research model, intended audience, data collection method, data analysis methods, and results. The general trends of the articles reviewed, and the conclusions of the articles are categorized and illustrated as graphics and tables in the findings section.  The results of the analysis determined the general trends of articles published in the field of teaching children Turkish as a foreign language. The results of the research are expected to guide the researches to be conducted.

Teaching Turkish to children, teaching Turkish as a foreign language, meta-synthesis, literature review