Özet:

The purpose of the study is to reveal the perceptions of the Turkish teacher candidates about the concept of reading through metaphors. Study 2018-2019 Education-Teaching Year in the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year. It was made with classmates. The data is obtained by the form, prepared in the form of "I am like as a reader, because ..." and containing the demographic information of the students. The study resulted in the concepts developed by participants about how they see themselves as readers. Metaphors are classified under conceptual categories by studying their common characteristics. Students express themselves as readers with metaphors gathered in seven different topics, they have developed a positive perspective on reading, but in five topics they describe themselves positively and negatively in two topics.