Abstract

The consciousness of history, which is one of the most discussed topics in the philosophy of history of the Age of Enlightenment and modernity, has been among the main goals and behaviors that students want to gain through history education, especially since the last quarter of the twentieth century. According to the German historical philosopher and educator, Jörn Rüsen, historical consciousness establishes a connection between the past, present, and future; shapes the future behavior of individuals. Rüsen, historical consciousness; He stated that he has four dimensions: traditionalist, idealizing, critical and dynamic conceptualization and examined them in terms of time experience, historically significant models, external life orientation, internal life orientation, relationship with moral values, and relationship with moral reasoning. The aim of this study is to determine which historical consciousness type Turkish articles on historical consciousness fall into according to Jörn Rüsen's "History Consciousness Types Performance Indicators" (HCTPI). Within the scope of the study, Hilmi Ziya Ülken (1948), Nihal Atsız (1951), Osman Turan (1968), Nevzat Kösoğlu (1970?), İbrahim Kafesoğlu (1986), Şahin Uçar (1987), İlhan Tekeli (1998), Oktay Ekinci (1999), İskender Öksüz (2007) and M. Şükrü Hanioğlu's (2012) articles on historical consciousness were evaluated within the framework of Jörn Rüsen's “History Consciousness Types Performance Indicators” (HCTPI). The method of the research was basic qualitative research, the technique of data acquisition was document analysis, the technique of data analysis was content analysis, and the sampling method was "criterion sampling". According to the results of the research, out of 10 Turkish articles, 1 article showed the features of Traditionalist Conceptualization Performance Indicator (TCPI), 2 articles of Idealizing Conceptualization Performance Indicator (ICPI), 4 articles of Critical Conceptualization Performance Indicator (CPCI), and 3 articles of Dynamic Conceptualization Performance Indicator (DCPI). As a result of the study, it has been determined that the writings of the study group on historical consciousness, which show dynamic and critical conceptualization features, are more than those that show traditionalist and idealizing conceptualization features.

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