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„strongly disagree” and 3,1% reported their full disagreement.

Inrespondtothestatement„IhavemanyfriendsfromTurkey”26,4%ofrespondents answered „agree”, 23,3% - „disagree”, 22,5% - „I do not know”, 18,6% -”strongly disagree” and 9,3% indicated their full agreement.

In respond to the statement „Kyrgyz andTurkish people are relative nations” 40,6% of respondents answered „agree”, 24,2% - „disagree”, 19,5% - „fully agree”, 10,2% - „I do not know” and 5,5% indicated their strong disagreement.

Chart 3. Arithmetic mean of the data of students’perception measurement

1 - fully agree, 2 - agree, 3 - I do not know, 4 - disagree, 5 - strongly disagree (questions 1-31)

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Table 14. Mean and standard deviations in measurements of students’perception Descriptive statistics

			Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Deviation
№		N				Std.
1	Turkey is a model for Kyrgyzstan	128	1	5	2.59	1.14
2	2.Opportunity to study Turkish is a reason for my	128	1	5	2.63	1.049
	entering the University
3	Opportunity to study English is a reason for my	129	1	5	2.74	1.272
	entering the University
4	I have many friends from Turkey	129	1	5	2.84	1.265
5	I do not regret that I entered the University	128	1	5	2.91	1.139
6	I want to work in Turkey	129	1	5	2.91	1.381
7	I want further to enter a higher education	128	1	5	3.16	1.259
	establishment in Kyrgyzstan
8	Soon the Turkish language will be the third	128	1	5	3.24	1.148
	language after Russian in Kyrgyzstan
9	The Turkish language helps me to explore the	129	1	5	3.28	0.892
	world
10	I want to live in Turkey	127	1	5	3.31	1.102
11	I want the relationships between Kyrgyzstan and	128	1	5	3.33	1.392
	Turkey to develop
12	I can share my problems with teachers	129	1	5	3.42	1.036
13	The Kyrgyz and Turks – are relative nations	128	1	5	3.45	1.209
14	Cultures of Kyrgyzstan and Turkey are similar	127	1	5	3.46	1.146
15	Teachers like students	129	1	5	3.48	0.993
16	All peoples of the Turkic world are similar	129	1	5	3.58	1.102
17	Teachers regularly monitor our academic	129	1	5	3.64	1.089
	performance
18	Teachers fairly assess us	129	1	5	3.65	1.136
19	Teachers get us interested in studies	129	1	5	3.71	1.026
20	I would like to enter further a University	129	1	5	3.71	1.175
	in Turkey
21	Teachers explain the topic well enough	127	1	5	3.73	1.019
22	I studies not only the Turkish language but also	128	1	5	3.73	1.233
	the Turkish culture
23	It is easier to find a job after graduating our	126	1	5	3.82	1.054
	University
24	Teachers are always ready to help us	128	1	5	3.88	1.019
25	We have a lot of similarities with the Turkish	129	1	5	3.89	1.01
	people
26	Conditions of study (technical equipment, a	124	1	5	4.02	1.028
	strong teaching staff, etc.) are the reason for my
	entering this university
27	At university I learned a lot about Islam	128	1	5	4.19	1.006

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28	The system of incentives (scholarships, etc.) is	129	1	5	4.2	0.995
	the reason for my entering this university
29	Our university has a good library	129	1	5	4.22	0.968
30	Quality of education in our University is better	129	1	5	4.22	0.968
	than in other higher educational establishments
31	Our University has good technical equipment	128	2	5	4.56	0.649
	Valid N (listwise)	97

In the Table 2 in the Application it can be seen that eight factors have their own values exceeding unity. Consequently, the analysis selected only eight factors. The first factor explains 31.475% of the total variance, the second factor - 10.288%, the third factor - 7.872%, the fourth factor - 5.234%, the fifth factor - 4.928%, the sixth factor - 4.205%, the seventh factor - 3.606%, the eighth factor - 3.238%. As a conclusion we have banned the untapped matrix factors, etc. is rotated matrix (see table below).

Table 15. Rotated Component Matrixa

				Component
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
А1	.815	.084	.252	.084	.078	.050	.045	-.013
А2	.792	.118	.017	.095	.057	-.007	.260	-.029
А3	.781	.164	-.020	.111	.026	-.149	.239	.081
А4	.766	.226	.084	.028	.124	-.118	.199	-.018
А5	.722	.159	-.086	.336	.016	.107	-.071	.204
А6	.713	.036	.161	.268	.128	.104	-.229	-.035
А7	.674	.027	-.062	.110	.112	.048	-.010	-.322
А8	.578	.227	-.011	.224	-.014	.277	-.162	.283
А9	.577	.213	.153	-.090	.170	.233	-.104	.051
А10	.534	.366	.193	.092	.042	.072	.320	.329
А11	.116	.832	.149	.183	.061	.047	-.087	-.195
А12	.194	.819	.178	.098	.051	.085	.058	.000
А13	.310	.786	.106	.107	.022	.048	.158	.014
А14	.219	.699	.203	.263	-.020	.098	.054	.226
А15	.126	.552	.311	.184	.023	.192	.338	.315
А16	.102	.493	.023	.157	.127	.378	.074	-.354
А17	.130	.142	.862	.210	-.024	.106	.073	.024
А18	.022	.222	.787	.071	.043	.236	.068	-.119
А19	.032	.380	.556	.117	.017	-.104	-.185	.012
А20	.141	.314	.287	.781	.086	-.019	-.007	-.035
А21	.332	.319	.064	.691	-.006	.008	.268	.104

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А22	.217	.210	.226	.578	.166	-.028	.397	-.113
А23	.290	.067	.493	.495	-.168	-.010	.216	.047
А24	.153	.036	.010	.020	.957	.111	.082	-.030
А25	.153	.036	.010	.020	.957	.111	.082	-.030
А26	.236	.131	-.092	.197	.499	.148	-.164	.476
А27	-.085	.181	.061	-.085	.061	.806	.075	-.187
А28	.041	-.037	.114	.059	.094	.770	.051	.111
А29	.419	.175	.034	-.010	.157	.519	-.010	.100
А30	.104	.094	.007	.211	.087	.115	.824	-.037
А31	.120	.277	.254	.384	.096	.331	-.037	-.469

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis. Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization. a Rotation converged in 8 iterations.

These factor loadings should be understood as the correlation coefficients between variables and factors. Since the variableA1 has the strongest correlation with factor 1, namely, the magnitude of the correlation is .815, the variable A2 is also strongly correlated with factor 1 (. 792), the variableA3 also correlates most strongly with the factor 1 (. 781) etc.

If we act as mentioned above, specified at the beginning of the example variations of opinions can be attributed to six factors:

• Factor 1:

Teachers get us interested in studies Teachers are always willing to help us The teachers like the students

Teachers explain the topic sufficiently enough Teachers fairly assess us

Teachers regularly monitor our academic performance I can share my problems with teachers

• Factor 2:

I want to live in Turkey

Cultures of Kyrgyzstan and Turkey are similar All the peoples of the Turkic world are alike

We have many similarities with the Turkish people

• Factor 3:

I want relationships between Kyrgyzstan and Turkey to develop I want to work in Turkey

Kyrgyz and Turkish people are relatives

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• Factor 4:

Turkey is a model for Kyrgyzstan

Soon Turkish will be the third language after Russian in Kyrgyzstan Learning Turkish language is the reason for my entering this university

• Factor 5:

The quality of education in our University is better than in other educational establishments Our university has a good library

Our university has a good technical equipment

• Factor 6:

I want to enter further a university in Turkey

The system of incentives (scholarships and etc) is the reason of my entering the University Free education is the reason of my entering the University.

The first factor obviously has collected all the statements of (dis-) satisfaction with the relationship with teachers. Based on the positive correlation coefficients of the variables involved with the factor and taking into account the polarity of the variables, the importance factor indicates a high satisfaction with the relationship with teachers. The second factor includes those statements, that indicate (dis-) agreement with the idea of the Turkic world; those are points of view of similarity of the Turkic nations and their culture. Of great importance is the factor indicating a high degree of agreement with the fact that the Turkic peoples and cultures are similar.

The third factor includes those statements which point to a positive attitude to the development of Kyrgyz-Turkish relations.

The fourth factor includes those statements which point to a positive attitude to the Turkish language and Turkey; this is a point of view that Turkey is a model for Kyrgyzstan and studying of the Turkish language is the reason for their entering the university.

The fifth factor includes those statements which indicate (dis-) satisfaction with the University capabilities. Of great importance is the factor indicating satisfaction with the University capabilities.

The sixth factor includes those statements which point to a free education and a scholarship as the reason for entering the University.

In accordance with the order of presentation of these six factors, they can be summarized by the following expressions: satisfaction​ with the relationship with teachers, agreement with respect to the idea of the Turkic world, a positive attitude to developmentoftheKyrgyz-Turkishrelations,positiveattitudetotheTurkishlanguage, satisfaction with the University capabilities and free education and scholarships as the reasons for entering the University.

According to the results of variance analysis, the value of p (Sig.) (.03) is less than .05. This means that the perception of factor 3 (positive attitude to development of the Kyrgyz-Turkish relations) varies by gender of respondents. In other words, there is a difference in the perceptions of women and men of the factor 3.

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Table 16. VarianceAnalysis by gender and Factor 3.

ANOVA

REGR factor score 3 for analysis 1

	Sum of	Df	Mean Square	F	Sig.
	Squares
Between Groups	4.676	1	4.676	4.806	.030
Within Groups	122.599	126	.973
Total	127.275	127

According to the results of variance analysis, the value of p (Sig.) ( .000, .017, .011,

.045) is less than .05. This means that the perception of Factors 1, 3, 5, 6 (satisfaction with the relationships with teachers, positive attitude towards development of KyrgyzTurkish relationships, satisfaction with the University capabilities and free education and scholarships as the reasons for entering the University), changes according to respondents’ satisfaction. In other words, there is a difference in the perceptions of a Factors 1,3, 5, 6 that respondents are satisfied with their studies in the university or not.

Table 17. VarianceAnalysis by satisfaction and Factors 1, 3, 5, 6.

ANOVA

REGR factor score 1 for analysis 1

	Sum of		Df		Mean Square				F			Sig.
	Squares
Between groups	31.218	1			31.218			40.075				.000
In groups	95.817	123			.779
Total	127.036	124
			ANOVA
			Sum of		Df		Mean			F		Sig.
			Squares				Square
	Between		31.218		1		31.218			40.075		.000
REGR factor score 1	groups
for analysis 1	In groups		95.817		123		.779
	Total		127.036		124
	Between		5.743		1		5.743			5.886		.017
REGR factor score 3	groups
for analysis 1	In groups		120.003		123		.976
	Total		125.746		124
	Between		6.488		1		6.488			6.656		.011
REGR factor score 5	groups
for analysis 1	In groups		119.895		123		.975
	Total		126.384		124
REGR factor score 6	Between		4.051		1		4.051			4.104		.045
	groups
for analysis 1
	In groups		121.411		123		.987
	Total		125.462		124

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Perception of the International „Alatoo - Ataturk” University’s student’s about Turkey's involvement in the education sector of Kyrgyzstan

Data collection methods

This study examines Perception of the International „Alatoo -Ataturk” University’s student’s about Turkey's involvement in the education sector of Kyrgyzstan by using the method of a survey. The survey was conducted from July 1 to October 1, 2011.

Formation of the total sample

The volume of a sample was 101 respondents. The sample population was formed on the basis of simple random sampling.

Analysis of results of the survey was conducted with the use of a specialized software package of statistical and econometric modeling SPSS.

Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

101 students were interviewed: 33 women and 66 men, 2 did not specify their gender.At the age from 18 to 20 49,5% students were interviewed, 21 and above - 50,5% of respondents. 71,3% of respondents were Kyrgyz, 5,9% - Russian and 22,8% - other nationalities. The spoken language of 52,5% of respondents was Kyrgyz, 40,6% - Russian and 3% - other languages. 73,3% of respondents had lived the most part of their life in the city, 22,8% - in the countryside.

According to the results of the Reliability test the total reliability of measurements is ά= .916.

Opinion about the university

In respond to an open question „Why did you enter this University but not another?” 9% responded „because they teach in English”, 8% responded „because there is an opportunitytostudyforeignlanguages”,7%„becausethereisgoodqualityeducation”, 5%„becauseafterlyceumitisthemostsuitablehighereducationalestablishment”,5% „because there is no corruption”, 5% „it was recommended” and etc.

The next open-ended question was „What is the difference between your university and other local universities in Kyrgyzstan?” the majority of respondents (28%) answered „because there is no corruption here”, 16% responded - „that they teach in English”, 14% - „that there are good conditions for studying”, 13% responded „by a method of teaching” and so on.

56,4% of respondents enjoy a reduction of payment.

72,3% of respondents are satisfied with their studies at this university, while 26,7% are not satisfied. In respond to an open-ended question: „Why?” 72,3% of satisfied respondents answered „because there are good teachers here”, „because they teach in English” and etc.

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26,7% of dissatisfied respondents in respond to an open-ended question: „Why?” answered „because the fee for education is high”, „because there is not enough English” etc.

The relationships between teachers and students

In respond to the statement „Teachers are always willing to help us”, 50,5% of respondents answered „disagree”, 19,8% - „strongly disagree”, 16,8% - „agree”, 12,9% - „I do not know”.

In respond to the statement „Teachers like their students”, 42,6% of respondents answered „I do not know”, 31,7% - „disagree”, 13,9% - „agree”, 8,9% - „strongly disagree” and 3% indicated their full agreement.

In respond to the statement „I can share my problems with the teachers” 30,7% respondents answered „disagree”, 22,8% - „agree”, 21,8% - „I do not know”, 14,9% - „strongly disagree” and 9,9% indicated their full agreement.

In respond to the statement „Teachers explain the topic sufficiently well” 43,6% of respondents answered „disagree”, 23,8% - „agree”, 14,9% - „I do not know”, 11,9% - „strongly disagree” and 5,9% indicated their full agreement.

In respond to the statement „Teachers present the study in an interesting way” 42,6% of respondents answered „disagree”, 17,8% - „strongly disagree”, 17,8% - „I do not know”, 15,8% - „agree” and 5% indicated their full agreement.

In respond to the statement „Teachers correctly evaluate us” 43,6% of respondents answered „disagree”, 21,8% - „I do not know”, 18,8% - „agree”, 12,9% - „strongly disagree” and 3% indicated their full agreement.

Inrespondtothestatement„Teachersregularlymonitorouracademicperformance” 36,6%ofrespondentsanswered„disagree”,31,7%-„Idonotknow”,17,8%-„agree”, 10,9% - „strongly disagree” and 3% indicated their full agreement.

Possibilities of the university

In respond to the statement „Your University has good technical equipment” 53,5% of respondents answered „disagree”, 31,7% - „strongly disagree”, 8,9% - „I do not know” and 4% indicated their full agreement.

Inrespondtothestatement„Ouruniversityhasagoodlibrary”37,6%ofrespondents answered „disagree”, 24,8% - „agree”, 20,8% - „strongly disagree”, 7,9% „fully agree” and 6,9% responded „I do not know”.

In respond to the statement „The quality of education in your university is better than in other educational institutions” 43,6% of respondents answered „disagree”, 28,7% - „strongly disagree”, 15,8% - „I do not know”, 9,9% - „agree” and 2% indicated their full agreement.

Inrespondtothestatement„Findingajobaftergraduatingyouruniversityiseasier” 43,4% of respondents answered „agree”, 26,4% - „strongly agree”, 15,5% - „I do not know”, 8,5% - „disagree” and 3,9% indicated their strong disagreement.

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Attitude towards the Turkish language and Turkey

In respond to the statement „The Turkish language helps me to learn about the world” 36.61% of respondents answered „agree”, 31,7% - „disagree”, 11,9% - „strongly disagree”, 10,9% - „I do not know” and 8,9% indicated their full agreement. In respond to the statement „Soon the Turkish language will be the third language after Russian in Kyrgyzstan”, 32,7% of respondents answered „agree”, 25,7% - „ I do not know”, 18,8% - „fully agree”, 18,8% - „disagree” and 4% indicated their strong disagreement.

In respond to the statement „Turkey is a model for Kyrgyzstan” 33,7% of respondents answered „agree”, 25,7% - „I do not know”, 24,8% - „disagree”, 10,9% - „fully agree” and 4% indicated their strong disagreement.

In respond to the statement „Possibility of studying the Turkish language is the reason for my entering this university” 32,7% of respondents answered „agree”, 30,7% - „fully agree”, 20,8% - „disagree”, 9,9% - „I do not know” and 5,9% indicated their full disagreement.

Reasons for entering this university

In respond to the statement, „Possibility of studying the English language is the reason for my entering this university”, 49,5% of respondents answered „disagree”, 30,7%-„stronglydisagree”,9,9%-„Idonotknow”,6,9%„agree”and2% responded- „fully agree”.

In the statement „The conditions of study (technical equipment, a strong teaching staff, etc.) are the reason of entering this university” 39,6% of respondents answered „disagree”, 20,8% - „strongly disagree”, 17,8% - „I do not know”, 13,9% - „agree” and 5,9% responded - „strongly disagree”.

In the statement „The system of incentives (scholarships etc.) is the reason of enteringthisuniversity” 37,6%ofrespondentsanswered„agree”,20,8%-„disagree”, 15,8% - „strongly agree” 12,9% - „fully disagree” and 10,9% answered „I do not know”.

In respond to the statement „I want to enter further a university in Turkey” 31,7% of respondents answered „agree”, 29,7% - „I do not know”, 15,8% - „fully agree” 14,9% - „disagree” and 7,9% indicated their strong disagreement.

In respond to the statement „I want to enter further a University in Kyrgyzstan” 37,6% of respondents answered „agree”, 28,7% - „I do not know”, 16,8% - „fully agree” 12,9% - „disagree” and 2% indicated their strong disagreement.

In respond to the statement „I do not regret that I entered this university”, 45,5% of respondents answered „disagree”, 26,7% - „strongly disagree” 12,9% - „I do not know”, 10,9% - „agree” and 2% indicated their full agreement.

In respond to the statement, „I studied not only the Turkish language, but also the Turkishculture”43,6%ofrespondentsanswered„disagree”,17,8%-„agree”,16,8%- „strongly disagree” 11,9% - „fully agree” and 9,9% responded „I do not know”.

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The attitude towards Turkic nations and the Turkic world

In the statement „We have a lot of similarities with the Turkish people” 38,6% of respondents answered „disagree”, 18,8% - „agree”, 17,8% - „I do not know”, 12,9% - „strongly disagree” and 9,9% indicated their full agreement .

In respond to the statement „All people of the Turkic world are similar” 38,6% of respondents answered „disagree”, 27,7% - „I do not know”, 14,9% - „agree”, 9,9% „strongly disagree” and 7,9% indicated their full agreement.

In respond to the statement „Cultures of Kyrgyzstan and Turkey are similar” 28,7% of respondents answered „agree”, 28,7% - „I do not know”, 23,8% - „disagree”, 10,9% - „fully agree” and 6,9% indicated their strong disagreement.

In respond to the statement „I want to live in Turkey” 31,7% of respondents answered „agree”, 24,8% - „fully agree”, 17,8% - „disagree” 14,9% - „I do not know” and 10,9% indicated their strong disagreement.

In respond to the statement „I want to work in Turkey” 29,7% of respondents answered „disagree”, 23,8% - „I do not know”, 15,8% - „agree”, 14,9% - „fully agree” and 14,9% indicated their strong disagreement.

In respond to the statement „I want relations between Kyrgyzstan and Turkey to develop” 49,5% of respondents answered „disagree”, 27,7% - „fully agree”, 13,9% - „I do not know”, 5,9% - „agree”, and 2% indicated their strong agreement.

In respond to the statement „At the university I learned a lot about Islam” 31,7% of respondents answered „agree”, 25,7% - „disagree”, 19,8% - „I do not know”, 12,9% - „strongly disagree” and 9,9% reported „fully agree”.

Inrespondtothestatement„IhavemanyfriendsfromTurkey”33,7%ofrespondents answered „agree”, 25,7% - „disagree”, 18,8% - „fully agree” 13,9% - „strongly disagree” and 6,9% answered „I do not know”.

In respond to the statement „Kyrgyz and Turkish people are relatives” 45,5% of respondents answered „disagree”, 17,8% - „I do not know”, 14,9% - „agree”, 13,9% - „strongly disagree” and 6,9% indicated their full agreement.

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