The aim of this research is to reveal the learning autonomy behaviors of students learning Turkish through distance education and to examine these behaviors in terms of some variables. Survey research model, one of the quantitative research methods, was preferred in the study. The sample of the study consisted of 143 students learning Turkish as a foreign language. The data obtained was analyzed in the program called SPSS.As a result of the study, it was observed that the majority of the students who learned Turkish through distance education tried to attend classes regularly, the students showed a high level of autonomous behavior in completing homework and assigned tasks, and the students did not behave autonomously compared to the instructors in solving the problems they encountered in distance education, but they behaved sufficiently autonomously according to themselves. . Students stated that they exhibited a sufficient level of autonomous behavior during the entire distance Turkish learning process. However, the level of use of Web 2.0 tools and camera participation in lessons during the distance learning Turkish process was found to be low. In addition, in the analysis of the data, it was found that women behaved more autonomously than men in the sub-dimensions of participation in the lesson and following the lesson regularly, interaction and self-evaluation in distance education, there was no relationship between the age of the students and their autonomous behavior, and a relationship was found between the education levels of the students and their participation in the lesson and their regular follow-up of the lesson. has been detected.
Distance education, teaching Turkish as a foreign language, learner autonomy, language education, teaching Turkish as a foreign language from a distance