Hadith Studies in Turkey's Republic Era

Hadith scholarship in Turkey developed gradually from the early years of the Republic to the present time (1924-2010) within three distinct periods. Nowadays hadith studies have changed into an academic discipline. The main themes of the present paper are: history of hadith scholarship in Turkey, development strategies, works, shortages, characteristics of hadith studies in recent century of political history of Turkey, utilizing a documentary-descriptive method, the author of the present paper describes the main features of hadith scholarship in the Republic of Turkey.