Abstract
Turkish War of Independence is the most concrete and absolute indicator of what a nation can achieve when it acting collectively. Writing the Turkish National Anthem is an important part of this process. The Turkish National Anthem was penned by Mehmet Akif Ersoy and then became the national anthem on 12th March, 1921. It is a unique and special poem reflecting the peculiar properties of both the Turkish Nation and that period. As a result, the Turkish National Anthem has been studied by academicians from different aspects. This study aims to identify the values of the Turkish Nation in the light of the values addressed in the Turkish National Anthem. For this purpose, qualitative research model has been used in this study. The Turkish National Anthem, which was written by Mehmet Akif Ersoy, is studied to have a better insight into it with respect to the values addressed. In this context, the Turkish National Anthem is regarded as a document and studied accordingly with the document analysis technique. MAXQDA 12 software is used to analyze the data of the study. According to results of the document analysis, the values identified in the Turkish National Anthem are primarily love of flag, independence and belief, as well as courage, patriotism, responsibility, martyrization, freedom, nationalism and sensitivity. It is seen that in there some values are contained in each quatrain of it, and also almost in each line there is a refrence or depiction of value. In each quatrain, at least two values are touched on, totally 66 places in the entire anthem where values are mentioned. Relying on these aspects, the Turkish National Anthem can be recommended to be used in social studies lesson as well as in other lessons to teach the values.