Ezgi Çiftçi, one of the master students in our department, defended her thesis entitled "Early Childhood Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of Play", which she conducted under the supervision of Assist. Prof. Serap Sevimli Çelik, and was found to be successful on September 2, 2022. We would like to thank our student's advisor, Assist. Prof. Serap Sevimli Çelik, and committee members Assoc. Prof. Hasibe Özlen Demircan and Assoc. Prof. Gökhan Kaya for their valuable contributions. We wish our student all the success in the future.