Özet:

This study, which aims to determine the views of students and parents who came to Turkey from the Turkic Republics on the distance education practices applied in Turkey during the epidemic period, was modeled according to the case study, which is one of the qualitative research methods. A total of 17 students and ten parents studying in educational institutions of different types and levels participated in the research. The participants of the study were determined by the purposive sampling method. The research data were collected with a semi-structured interview form, and the data were evaluated with content analysis. It has been determined that students have academic and social-cultural development goals regarding the distance education practices carried out in Turkey. Regarding the quality of distance education practices carried out in Turkey, students and parents; They expressed their opinions and suggestions regarding academic status, social relations/communication, culture/art/sports, technical possibilities, and time/duration. In this context, students and parents coming to Turkey from the Turkic Republics; positively evaluated that the education is understandable, students' participation in the course is high, social activities continue, digital content is accessed without time and place restrictions, and the training timing is suitable for students. They negatively evaluated the lack of resource support, the inability to understand the assessment-evaluation system, poor teacher-student communication, low number of cultural activities, problems in technical access, and insufficient course duration. Regarding these determinations, it has been suggested that adequate adaptation studies should be carried out for students to get used to another country, another school, technical support should be provided, and different elective courses that could contribute to the development of students should become functional.