This research which aims to examine doctoral dissertations including action research in the field of educational sciences in Turkey is a descriptive study. Document analysis method was used. In Council of Higher Education Thesis Database, it was determined that between the years of 1998-2016, there were 118 doctoral dissertations including action research. However, 28 of these dissertations were not covered by other reviews except for years and universities, as access was closed. So, permitted 90 dissertations in the field of educational sciences, including action research, was examined. Deductive approach was utilized within the analyses of the data. The findings and results of the research were organized under the dimensions of year, university, department, subject, level, duration of the implementation, implementer, model, method, data collection tool, validity and reliability study, and case of the pilot study.