Perception of Turkey in the context of growing Turkish education in Afghanistan

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the students' attitudes and perception about Turkey in Afghan public and private institutions that are serving Turkish education and training in Afghanistan, and examine their knowledge about Turkey as well as evaluate whether the activities are adequate or inadequate in such institutions. In this research, the scientific research method is used. This study analyzes the connection among the Turkish teaching methodology, perception and perception-education link. This study also evaluates the student's perception of Turkey gained during the Turkish learning process. Students in Turkish language departments of Afghanistan public universities, Turkish language courses which are operated by TIKA, Yunus Emre institute and other special courses participated in the survey and the results of the questionnaires were analyzed and evaluated. Keywords: Language, Turkish language, Turkish territories and dialects used, Turkish in Afghanistan, Turkish teaching as a foreign language, Turkey perception.