Abstract:

This study is a descriptive research that deals with the problems faced by Turkish students who lived in Germany and came back to Turkey. It is commonly recognized that these students experience some problems upon their return to Turkey. These problems are mostly about education, interpersonal communication, language and adaptation. The subjects of the study are undergraduate students from Gazi University, Gazi Education Faculty, Foreign Languages Education Department, who returned to Turkey from Germany. The study was carried out during the school year of 2006–2007. The findings of the study indicate that undergraduate students who returned to Turkey with their families were born in Germany and received the basic education there, and that they experience serious problems in addition to the other problems.

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