Academic Turkish needs analysis for Turkmenistan students learning Turkish as a second language

The globalisation of the world increases people's desire to learn foreign languages and learning a foreign language becomes a necessity. Turkish as a foreign/second language has a significant place in teaching and learning. Looking at the literature, it is seen that the desire to learn Turkish is advancing day by day. While learning Turkish as a foreign/second language, students face many problems. One of the studies needed to determine the problems that students face while learning a language is needs analysis. Needs analysis is very important in understanding students' learning deficiencies and learning motivations. This study aims to identify the problems encountered by Turkmenistan students' learning Turkish in Türkiye and to determine their language needs. The target group of the study comprises undergraduate and graduate students from Turkmenistan studying in Türkiye. The data collection stage was carried out with undergraduate and graduate students continuing their education in the 2023-2024 academic year. In this study, which aims to determine the needs of Turkmenistan national students, mixed method was used. Generally, mixed method is applied to ascend the reliability and validity of studies. In the quantitative part of the study, a questionnaire was applied to 100 students on a voluntary basis and semi-structured interviews were implemented with 15 students in order to increase reliability. The quantitative data acquired were analysed with the IBM SPSS 23 programme. Qualitative data were analysed with descriptive and content techniques