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Abstract enThe purpose of this study is to find out the perceptions of students who study at official secondary schools and high schools, relating teacher - student friendship on social networks. Current study is a research of descriptive nature. A total of 730 secondary school (8th grade) and high school (12th grade) students, who are studying in district of Sungurlu, province of Çorum, participated in the research. The data obtained from the survey forms prepared in line with the opinions of the expert in the field, has been analysed via SPSS 15,0 program. It has been found that students mostly request to be friends with their teachers in order to benefit from their knowledge, skills and opinions, to make contact with them, to address questions about classes and homeworks; that their communication with teachers through social media does not create a positive or negative change in their school-related behaviors, that they think their teachers are prudent, respectful, well-educated persons, and their teachers can share posts reflecting their private lives on social networks, their teachers share posts suited to social values, but they do not share educational and informative posts.

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