This research aims to determine the Turkish learning styles of foreign students. “Qualitative research method” was used in the research. “Scanning model” was selected in the research. The research design is phenomenology. The universe of the research includes foreign students learning Turkish at universities in Turkey. The sample of the research is Gebze Technical University. The study group of this study consists of 17 foreign participants, 3 female and 14 male. Participants are between the ages of 19-69 and come from 11 countries. Life expectancy in Turkey varies between 2 months and 6 years. The research data were subjected to content analysis. As a result of the content analysis, the research data were examined by dividing into “1 code (Turkish)”, “3 categories (effect of Turkish course, learning styles, psychological factors)” and “15 themes”. As a result of the research, it was concluded that Turkish courses and lessons help to learn Turkish in a planned and programmed manner; that foreign students' Turkish learning styles are prominent as reading-writing, kinesthetic, auditory, and visual; that psychological factors have no effect on the Turkish learning process; that learning Turkish is about practicing and that foreign students prefer to learn Turkish with the traditional reading-writing learning style compared to other learning styles.

Foreigners, teaching Turkish as a foreign language, learning styles