Abstract
It is not only the difference and method of sociology's own object that distinguishes sociology as a science from other sciences related to human and society. At the same time, it is the handling of social events and phenomena in a mental framework that we call "sociological thinking". In this study, the aspect of sociological thinking that differentiates the sociologist from random thinking, together with its multiple features such as multi-causality, holism, interdisciplinarity, self-reflexivity, historical understanding, is discussed. In this way, the sociologist begins to see beyond the outer surface of social structures and to consider social events and phenomena from a broader perspective. Sociological thinking offers the sociologist an important mental framework for understanding and evaluating the world. The sociologist acquires this mental framework, or sociological imagination, through the connection he has established with the sociological tradition of thought. The sociological tradition of thought is a set of sociological ideas as the sum of systematic knowledge of sociologists about society. The sociologist stands between this tradition of thought and society. On the one hand, it produces sociological knowledge with this tradition and way of thinking, on the other hand, it nourishes and enriches both the sociological tradition and the sociological imagination. This study questions the relationship of the sociologist with own tradition of thought and way of thinking. In the study, first of all, the nature of sociological thought will be discussed and the characteristics of this thought will be determined. Then, the contact of the sociologist with the tradition of thought, his/her own position and how he acquired sociological thinking will be discussed.