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The concept of “Word of Mouth Marketing” (WOMM) is expressed as people sharing their thoughts about the products or services they use with the people around them and their loved ones. It is important for foreign students to make the right choice by making use of the WOMM in choosing an educational institution in Turkey. The main purpose of the study is to determine the role of word of mouth marketing in foreign students' selection of educational institutions in Turkey. For this purpose, the questionnaire created in "Google Forms" was applied online to 209 Kazakhstan students who want to study or are studying in Turkey. The role of WOMM in the research was examined according to the sub-dimensions of WOMM (expertise, idea seeking, opinion leadership, perceived risk, recommendation). According to the findings obtained in the research; It has been revealed that the perceived risk and recommendation dimension differ according to gender. It was concluded that while the dimensions of expertise, opinion leadership, idea seeking and perceived risk differ according to personal qualifications, whether students want to seek advice differs only according to the dimensions of idea seeking and advice. In addition, significant differences were found between the idea seeking dimension and the information option utilized.