This study describes the equilibrium, kinetics, and thermodynamics of the palladium(II) (Pd(II)) adsorption onto poly(m-aminobenzoic acid) (p-mABA) chelating polymer. The p-mABA was synthesized by the oxidation reaction of maminobenzoic acid monomer with ammonium peroxydisulfate (APS). The synthesized p-mABA chelating polymer was characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), thermal analysis, potentiometric titration, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis methods. The effects of the acidity, temperature, and initial Pd(II) concentration on the adsorption were examined by using batch adsorption technique. The optimum acidity for the Pd(II) adsorption was determined as pH 2. In the equilibrium studies, it was found that the Pd(II) adsorption capacity of the polymer was to be 24.21 mg/g and the adsorption data fitted better to the Langmuir isotherm than the Freundlich isotherm. The kinetics of the adsorption fitted to pseudo-second-order kinetic model. In the thermodynamic evaluation of the adsorption, the DG8 values were calculated as 216.98 and 222.26 kJ/mol at 25-558C temperatures. The enthalpy (DH8), entropy (DS8), and the activation energy (E a ) were found as 35.40 kJ/mol, 176.05 J/mol K, and 61.71 kJ/mol, respectively. The adsorption of Pd(II) ions onto p-mABA was a spontaneous, endothermic, and chemical adsorption process which is governed by both ionic interaction and chelating mechanisms.Poly(m-aminobenzoic acid) is a poly(aniline) derivative polymer, which is also named poly(aniline-3-carboxylic acid).