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Syrian refugee students who needed Turkish for continued schooling in Turkey were examined through metaphors. The study surveyed 235 learners at Aydın TÖMER, using a phenomenology-based qualitative prompt to complete a sentence about Turkish and reasons behind it. 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The obligation to learn the foreign language to be learned determines how the perception towards language is. In this context, Syrian refugees, who took refuge in Turkey leaving their country due to war and especially wish to continue their education in Turkey, had to learn Turkish. In this sense, knowing the perceptions of the relevant audience towards Turkish will directly affect many issues from developing a language education program to preparing books, from teacher training to redesigning methods and techniques to be used in lessons. In this connection, Turkish perceptions of Syrian refugees were tried to be determined through metaphors with this study. The study group of the study consists of 235 Syrian students who learn Turkish at Aydın TÖMER, Istanbul Aydın University. While collecting the data of the study using phenomenology approach, one of the qualitative research methods, students were asked to complete the sentence “Turkish is like ..............., because ...............”. Based on the findings obtained in the research, it was determined that 46% of Syrian students learning Turkish consider Turkish as a need, 25% have a positive feeling towards Turkish, 8% find it confusing, 7% find it easy, 6% find it difficult and 5% find a similarity between another language and Turkish. When the themes are examined in terms of their effect on the Turkish learning process, it is possible to say that the themes of need, positive feeling, finding it easy and similarity between languages have a supportive effect on students' motivation to learn Turkish, whereas the themes of finding it difficult and finding it confusing have an inhibitory effect on the learning process. When an evaluation is made in this respect, it is possible to say that nearly 90% of the students have a supportive perception of their own learning processes.  \nKeywords: Turkish as a foreign language, Syrian refugee students, perception, metaphor  \nDOI: 10.29329/epasr.2020.323.12  \n1  \nAssist. Prof. Dr., Faculty of Education, Department of Turkish Education, Istanbul, Turkey, ORCID: 0000-0001-9529- 7369, Email: [emrahboylu@aydin.edu.tr](emrahboylu@aydin.edu.tr)  \nIntroduction  \nThe issue of Syrian refugees has a growing importance in Turkey's agenda since 2012. This issue both affects and is affected by basic fields such as education, politics, economy, and social life. This multi-dimensional interaction between refugees and society and the state takes the form of a multi-dimensional equation. So much so that a refugee can contribute to the country's economy by working, but if he cannot achieve social or cultural harmony, different problems may occur. Likewise, when a refugee who has adapted to social life does not work and has some economic difficulties, these problems may turn into problems that may affect the state and society. As can be seen, the full integration of refugees is a very important issue in terms of every component of the country. It would not be wrong to say that education is the first and most important step to facilitate the adaptation of refugees to Turkey and Turkish culture. Likewise, it is expected that the adaptation to social life will accelerate and the possibility of finding a job for those who want to work will increase. At this point, refugees' perception of Turkish comes into play as a factor affecting the entire process.  \nThe education of refugees can be addressed at different levels or different types, but before all these, language education needs to be addressed. Such that a student who has learned Turkish well will not have language-based communication problems with his classmates or teachers in the trainings he will receive at different levels. At this point, refuge","cbCainkDu1NI1z6W","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainkDu1NI1z6W","pdf",315381,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction","[{\"question\":\"Why is perception described as an obstacle in learning a foreign language?\",\"answer\":\"Perception developed against a foreign language is treated as a major barrier. 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