The Current State and Needs of Postgraduate Education in Sport Sciences

Postgraduate education in Turkey experiences problems in sports education, same as many other branches, on the subjects of institutions, system structures, student qualification and education programs. In this study, carried out within the framework of these problems and the current literature on the subject, the term postgraduate and the current state of postgraduate education in sports sciences in Turkey were descriptively analyzed. Within this scope, discussions were carried out and it was aimed to contribute to the field with developed solution suggestions. Finally, it was concluded that postgraduate education in sports sciences in Turkey requires a structural transformation. The detected suggestions to increase the quality and the performance in postgraduate sports education should be tried to be analyzed by the decision makers.