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Abstract enThis study reveals the evaluation of Gagauz students’ speaking skills in Turkish of Turkey. Gagauz Turks is the Turkish community, which immigrates from Central Asia and reaches up to the Northeast of Balkan Peninsula and Europe, and experiences the process of becoming a state by autonomous administration they have established in the Republic of Moldova on December 23rd, 1994 as the last Turkish community after living under the same roof of Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian and Russian nations for a long time. The Turkish language possessed by the Gagauz constitutes the Oghuz group of the Turkish language together with the Azeri Turkish, Turkmen Turkish and Turkish of Turkey. Within these languages, Gagauz Turkish is the most similar to the Turkish of Turkey in terms of grammar and word formation. Also according to some Turcologists, Gagauz Turkish demonstrates a dialect characteristic, which may be considered one of Rumelia dialects of the Turkish of Turkey. This situation constitutes the aim of this investigation revealing the reflection of Turkish of Turkey in speaking skills. According to the results of the inquiry, it was revealed that Gagauz students failed in Turkish of Turkey speaking skills. The main reason for this result is that the similarity between Gagauz and Turkey Turkish languages causes a negative reflection on Turkish of Turkey speaking skills. In other words, the habits of the mother tongue impede speaking skills in target language.

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