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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN PURSUIT OF INDIGENOUS TURKISH PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION: THE EDUCATIONAL THOUGHT OF MEHMET AKIF ERSOY By ZEKI AKDEMIR A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2019 © 2019 Zeki Akdemir Zeki Akdemir defended this dissertation on November 12, 2019. The members of the supervisory committee were: Jeffrey Ayala Milligan Professor Directing Dissertation William Hanley University Representative Robert Schwartz Committee Member Carolyn Herrington Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the dissertation has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I could not finish this dissertation without the guidance and prodigious patience of my major professor, Jeffrey Ayala Milligan. Dr. Milligan, I do not know how to thank you for your great support during the entire dissertation process. Your help before, during and after preparation of every single chapter of this dissertation made it possible to reach this level. I am also grateful to Dr. Robert Schwartz, Dr. Carolyn Herrington and Dr. William Hanley, my dissertation committee members, for their great encouragement, suggestions, and very helpful feedback. Their supervision and wisdom made it possible for me to complete my degree.