An Analysis of the Story Texts in 5th-Grade Turkish Textbooks Prepared According to the "Turkey Century" Education Model Within the Framework of the Fundamental Principles of Children's Literature

Textbooks, which are one of the basic materials of the education process, are indispensable for students and teachers. Turkish textbooks are used by students and teachers in the lessons in order to gain basic language skills and to achieve the objectives of the Turkish Course Curriculum. Turkish textbooks consist of literary texts and activities related to these texts. The aim of this research is to examine the narrative texts in the 5th grade Turkish textbooks, which were prepared in accordance with the new program in line with the Turkish Century Education Model and the Turkish Course Curriculum that changed in 2024, in terms of the qualities that should be found in children's literature texts. Document analysis, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the research. For the purpose of the research, a literature review was conducted on the New Turkish Course Curriculum, Turkish textbooks, children's literature and the qualities of children's literature texts. As a result of the literature review, the formal features of the children's literature texts are page layout, letter features, picture, spelling, spelling and punctuation; content features are determined as theme, subject, main idea, heroes, language and expression. According to the findings obtained from the research, it was found that the texts in the 5th grade Turkish textbooks examined had formal deficiencies in terms of spelling, spelling and punctuation; In terms of content, it has been determined that it does not adequately reflect the richness of our Turkish in terms of language and expression.