"TURKISH" FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SYRIAN STUDENTS

The aim of this research is to determine the views of Syrian students who learn Turkish as a foreign language about the Turkish learning process and communicating in Turkish. In the research conducted according to the qualitative approach, the semi-structured interview form created by the researchers was used as the data collection tool. Criterion sampling method, one of the purposeful sampling methods, was used in determining the participants. The participants of the study who lived in Turkey for at least five years and constitute a Syrian students who have learned Turkish in Turkish Language Teaching Research and Application Center. The collected data was analyzed with content analysis and made thematic. As a result of the research, while the views of students who learn Turkish as a foreign language about the learning process of Turkish were explained with the themes of different language characteristics and educational deficiencies, their views on communicating in Turkish were explained with the themes of different cultural structures and difficult conditions. The research data were interpreted by comparing them with other research findings about teaching Turkish as a foreign language in the literature and suggestions were made. Keywords: Syrian students, Teaching Turkish as a foreign language, Turkish.