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The reading and understanding process is influenced by different variables such as the quality of the reading source, the reading environment and the motivation. Motivation is a mental factor that moves the individual and then directs these movements and allows the movements to a result. Reading motivation in the research is an important concept that sets the limits of the student's reading desires and ensures the continuity of this skill. This concept is also important to develop students’ reading skills. From here, the motivation for reading to the text contained in the Turkish lesson books of high school students who are continuing to gain reading skills in research has been attempted to identify. The study group 7 and 8. There are 209 students in the classroom and the area of study in the Antalya province center. The data has been obtained with the "Metine Reading Motivation Scale" developed by Aydemir and Öztürk (2012). The scale is applied simultaneously to students in both classes. In the analysis of the data of the study, the SPSS 21.0 package program was used. Data analysis found that 8th-class students were more motivated to read the text in the Turkish curricula than 7th-class students. However, there was no significant difference between the gender of the students who participated in the study. Secondary school 7 and 8. When the results of classmates and their parents were achieved in relation to the schools in which they graduated, there was no significant difference between them in the context of reading motivation according to their educational levels.

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