Özet:

After the distance learning process that students stayed apart from their schools and friends began, face-to-face training made it necessary for them to meet together again to review their friendship relationships. In a critical period for establishing andining friendship, high school students have been questioned how they look like friendship and the reasons to determine the perception of the concept of friendship. The purpose of the study is to study the perceptions that high school students have about the concept of friendship through metaphors. This study was conducted with the participation of 280 students studying in a high school in the Eskişehir or Tepebaşı district in the 2021-2022 educational year. The research method is preferred in the field of research. Analysis of data is done. The metaphors obtained are divided into categories and indicated by the explanations, the frequencies are determined. It has been shown that the metaphors produced about the concept of friendship are mostly in a positive group, describing love, unity and the need that friends feel with each other. There are also negative metaphors with less frequency compared to the positive metaphors they have developed about the concept of friendship. It is believed that the study will contribute to the concept of "friendship", which is one of the most important requirements for students' social development and is among our root values, in terms of deep thinking, awareness and questioning their friendship relationships.

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