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Despite the attempts of various governments to return them to their homeland, from the date of their exile to the present day, Meskhetian Turks still live on their toes in the regions where they were exiled or migrated. Accordingly, the metaphors produced by Meskhetian Turks, who have personally experienced the exile or immigration process, for immigration and other concepts related to immigration, are helpful elements in understanding the immigration processes and the phenomenon of immigration in general. This research, which was carried out with the Phenomenology pattern, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was carried out in the provinces of Bursa, Istanbul and Antalya. The sample group of the study, which aims to reveal the metaphorical perceptions of Meskhetian Turks about the concepts of immigration, immigrant, exile, homeland and Türkiye, consists of 88 Meskhetian Turks. The metaphors produced by the participants about the concepts related to immigration and the features that connect the metaphor to the subject were collected through a structured interview and the obtained data were analyzed by content analysis technique. As a result, it was seen that Meskhetian Turks produced 50 different metaphors for "immigration," 45 for "immigrant," 54 for "exile," 33 for "homeland" and 36 for "Türkiye." Considering the metaphors produced by the participants and the explanations connecting these metaphors to the subject, a total of 14 conceptual categories were created.

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