Research Article

User-based topic, word, and sentiment analysis of Turkish tweets on platform X

Volume: 28 Number: 1 January 14, 2026
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User-based topic, word, and sentiment analysis of Turkish tweets on platform X

Abstract

Social media platforms, especially X (Twitter), provide rich data sources for understanding social and individual trends. While existing studies generally focus on general data sets, analyses at the individual user level remain limited. This study aims to fill this gap by presenting a web-based system that extracts and analyzes data from specific users from X. The developed system collects tweets from the desired user using the web scraping technique and preprocesses this data with steps specific to the Turkish language. Then, it applies three basic analyses with Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA): topic modeling, sentiment analysis, and word cloud generation. The system visualizes the results of topic distributions, sentiment graphs, and word clouds through a user-friendly interface. This study presents an original tool for understanding individuals' interests, emotional states, and mindsets in more detail by providing an in-depth user-based perspective.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Accessible Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Collaborative and Social Computing

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

January 14, 2026

Publication Date

January 14, 2026

Submission Date

July 26, 2025

Acceptance Date

January 6, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 28 Number: 1

APA
Bircan, M. Y., & Eldem, A. (2026). User-based topic, word, and sentiment analysis of Turkish tweets on platform X. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, 28(1), 375-394. https://doi.org/10.25092/baunfbed.1750569
AMA
1.Bircan MY, Eldem A. User-based topic, word, and sentiment analysis of Turkish tweets on platform X. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2026;28(1):375-394. doi:10.25092/baunfbed.1750569
Chicago
Bircan, Mehmet Yusuf, and Ayşe Eldem. 2026. “User-Based Topic, Word, and Sentiment Analysis of Turkish Tweets on Platform X”. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 28 (1): 375-94. https://doi.org/10.25092/baunfbed.1750569.
EndNote
Bircan MY, Eldem A (January 1, 2026) User-based topic, word, and sentiment analysis of Turkish tweets on platform X. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 28 1 375–394.
IEEE
[1]M. Y. Bircan and A. Eldem, “User-based topic, word, and sentiment analysis of Turkish tweets on platform X”, Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 375–394, Jan. 2026, doi: 10.25092/baunfbed.1750569.
ISNAD
Bircan, Mehmet Yusuf - Eldem, Ayşe. “User-Based Topic, Word, and Sentiment Analysis of Turkish Tweets on Platform X”. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 28/1 (January 1, 2026): 375-394. https://doi.org/10.25092/baunfbed.1750569.
JAMA
1.Bircan MY, Eldem A. User-based topic, word, and sentiment analysis of Turkish tweets on platform X. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2026;28:375–394.
MLA
Bircan, Mehmet Yusuf, and Ayşe Eldem. “User-Based Topic, Word, and Sentiment Analysis of Turkish Tweets on Platform X”. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 28, no. 1, Jan. 2026, pp. 375-94, doi:10.25092/baunfbed.1750569.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Yusuf Bircan, Ayşe Eldem. User-based topic, word, and sentiment analysis of Turkish tweets on platform X. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2026 Jan. 1;28(1):375-94. doi:10.25092/baunfbed.1750569