THE IMAGE OF KOREA IN TURKEY -A STUDY AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WHO STUDY KOREAN

Korea and Turkey are two countries geographically far away but have been friendly countries from the past to present. Despite the geographical distance of Turkey and Korea it can be found lots of similarities between two countries and people feel close to each other. As theTurkish and Korean languages belong to same language family both countries retained similarities in theirways of thinking, acting and traditional customs also. This study aims to overlook the relationships betweenTurkey and Korea and identfy the Korean image in Turkey (especially among the young generation). A further conclusion of the study is analyzing the Korea image in Turkey and introducing the Korea and Korean culture to Turkish people (especially the Korean Language learners) and to improve the mutual understanding between Korea and Turkey as it helps to develop emphaty to have succesful communication with an understanding the Korea and Korean culture as well.