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2. BRIEF HISTORY OF TURKEY
• THE HISTORY OF THE TURKS COVERS A TIME FRAME OF MORE THAN 4000 YEARS.
TURKS FIRST LIVED IN CENTRAL ASIA AROUND 2000 BC. LATER, SOME OF THEM LEFT
CENTRAL ASIA AND SPREAD AROUND, ESTABLISHING MANY STATES AND EMPIRES
INDEPENDENT FROM EACH OTHER WITHIN A VAST AREA OF ASIA AND EUROPE. THESE
EMPIRES INCLUDED THE GREAT HUN EMPIRE (ESTABLISHED DURING THE 3RD
CENTURY B.C.), THE GÖKTÜRK EMPIRE (552- 740), THE UYGUR EMPIRE (741- 840), THE
AVAR EMPIRE (6-9 CENTURY A.D.), THE HAZAR EMPIRE (5-10 CENTURY A.D), THE GREAT
SELJUK EMPIRE (1040- 1157), AND MANY OTHERS.

3. TURKS IN ANATOLIA
• THE TURKS STARTED TO SETTLE IN ANATOLIA IN THE EARLY 11TH CENTURY BY WAY
OF CONTINUAL MIGRATIONS AND INCURSIONS. THE MALAZGIRT VICTORY IN 1071
AGAINST THE BYZANTINES LITERALLY OPENED UP THE GATES OF ANATOLIA TO THE
TURKS. IT IS FOLLOWING THIS DATE THAT THE TURKS FULLY CONQUERED THE
WHOLE OF ANATOLIA AND ESTABLISHED THE ANATOLIAN SELJUK STATE THERE
(1080-1308).THIS WAS THE FIRST TURKISH STATE IN ANATOLIA AND WAS SOMETIMES
CALLED, AFTER ITS CAPITAL CITY OF MANY YEARS, THE KONYA SULTANATE.

4. OTTOMAN AGE 1299–1923
• THE SELJUK STATE RAPIDLY DECLINED WITH THE MONGOL INVASION OF ANATOLIA WHICH
STARTED IN 1243. DURING THE PERIOD OF THE DECLINE OF THE ANATOLIAN SELJUK
STATE AND AFTER ITS DISAPPEARANCE, MANY TURCOMAN PRINCIPALITIES WERE
ESTABLISHED IN ANATOLIA TOWARDS THE END OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY. ONE OF
THESE WAS THE OTTOMAN (IN TURKISH OSMANLI) BEYLIK (SIMILAR TO A PRINCIPALITY)
NAMED AFTER ITS FOUNDER, A TURKISH RULER NAMED OSMAN IN 1299 IN THE ENVIRONS
OF SÖĞÜT IN ESKIŞEHIR IN THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE PENINSULA. THE
OTTOMAN BEYLIK RAPIDLY EXPANDED THROUGHOUT THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY AND
THUS AROSE THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, WHICH RULED OVER A VAST TERRITORY ON THREE
CONTINENTS AND LASTED FOR 623 YEARS UNTIL THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

5. • THE OTTOMANS CAPTURED CONSTANTINOPLE IN 1453, DURING THE REIGN OF SULTAN
MEHMET II (1451-1481), AND THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE FELL, WHICH ALSO MARKED THE
END OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW AGE. DURING THE REIGN
OF SULTAN MEHMET II, WHO ASSUMED THE TITLE OF "THE CONQUEROR," THE
OTTOMAN STATE ENTERED INTO AN ERA OF RAPID DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD
LAST UNTIL THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. AT ITS HEIGHT, THE OTTOMANS
RULED OVER WHAT IS TODAY GREECE, BULGARIA, YUGOSLAVIA, ALBANIA AND
ROMANIA IN THE BALKANS, OVER ALL THE ISLANDS IN THE EASTERN
MEDITERRANEAN, AND OVER WHAT IS TODAY THE MIDDLE EAST. THE BORDERS OF
THE EMPIRE EXTENDED FROM THE CRIMEA IN THE NORTH TO YEMEN AND SUDAN IN
THE SOUTH AND FROM IRAN AND THE CASPIAN SEA IN THE EAST TO VIENNA IN THE
NORTHWEST AND SPAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST.

6. • STARTING IN THE 16TH CENTURY, HOWEVER, THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE INCREMENTALLY
LOST ITS ECONOMIC AND MILITARY SUPERIORITY IN COMPARISON TO EUROPE, WHICH
HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY WITH THE RENAISSANCE, WITH ITS CONQUEST OF NEW
TERRITORIES AND ITS ACCESS TO RAW MATERIALS, AND WITH THE INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE FAILED TO ADAPT TO THESE NEW
DEVELOPMENTS. THUS, THE BALANCE OF POWER SHIFTED IN FAVOR OF THE
EUROPEAN STATES. THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS THAT STARTED IN THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY AND THE SELF-DETERMINATION MOVEMENTS AND REBELLIONS
OF THE BALKAN NATIONS, SUPPORTED BY THE EUROPEAN POWERS AND RUSSIA,
SLOWLY BROUGHT THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO A DECLINE.

7. WORLD WAR I 1914 –1918
• THE WEAKENING OF THE EMPIRE CONTINUED UNTIL WORLD WAR I. THE OTTOMAN
EMPIRE ENTERED THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN 1914 ON THE SIDE OF THE ALLIED
POWERS AND EMERGED DEFEATED FROM THE WAR IN 1918, COMPELLED TO SIGN THE
MONDROS ARMISTICE ON OCTOBER 30, 1918. UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS ARMISTICE,
THE TERRITORIES OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WERE OCCUPIED BY BRITAIN, FRANCE,
RUSSIA, AND GREECE. THIS WAS THE ACTUAL END OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.

8. • A NATIONAL RESISTANCE AND LIBERATION MOVEMENT EMERGED AS A REACTION TO
THIS OCCUPATION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MUSTAFA KEMAL, AN OTTOMAN
MILITARY COMMANDER WHO MOBILIZED ANATOLIA IN A QUEST FOR TURKISH SELF-
DETERMINATION AND NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE. HE UNITED SPORADIC AND
DISORGANIZED RESISTANCE GROUPS IN ANATOLIA AND ORGANIZED THEM INTO A
STRUCTURED ARMY. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MUSTAFA KEMAL—LATER GIVEN THE
LAST NAME ATATURK OR "FATHER OF TURKS"—THE RESISTANCE BECAME COHESIVE,
AND THE TURKS WERE CAPABLE OF FIGHTING THE WAR FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION.

9. • THE TURKISH NATIONAL LIBERATION WAR WAS AN EFFORT TO CREATE A NEW STATE
FROM THE RUINS OF AN EMPIRE, WHICH HAD COMPLETED ITS LIFE. IT LASTED FOUR
YEARS (1919-1922) WHEREIN A SMALL ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS FOUGHT AND WON A
WAR AGAINST THE LEADING POWERS OF THIS TIME. ATATURK'S VICTORY WAS NOT
ONLY MILITARY, BUT IT WAS ALSO DIPLOMATIC. THE TURKISH MILITARY VICTORY WAS
SEALED WITH A DIPLOMATIC SUCCESS WITH THE SIGNING OF THE LAUSANNE PEACE
TREATY ON JULY 24, 1923. SIGNED WITH GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, GREECE, ITALY AND
OTHERS, THE TREATY RECOGNIZED THE CREATION AND INTERNATIONAL BORDERS OF
A TURKISH STATE AND GUARANTEED ITS COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE.

10. REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
• THE REPUBLIC WAS PROCLAIMED ON OCTOBER 29, 1923. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
CENTURIES, THE TURKISH PEOPLE ENJOYED SELF-RULE. MUSTAFA KEMAL WAS
ELECTED AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY.
• AS PRESIDENT FOR 15 YEARS, UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1938, MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK
INTRODUCED A BROAD RANGE OF REFORMS IN THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, LEGAL,
ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL SPHERES THAT WERE VIRTUALLY UNPARALLELED IN ANY
OTHER COUNTRY.

11. • THE FIRST GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ATATURK
CREATED A NEW POLITICAL AND LEGAL SYSTEM BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF
PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND
DIVISION OF POWERS, PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND SECULARISM, AND THE SEPARATION
OF RELIGION AND STATE AFFAIRS. A NEW, SECULAR EDUCATION SYSTEM WAS
ESTABLISHED, THE ARABIC ALPHABET WAS CHANGED INTO THE LATIN ALPHABET, AND
NEW CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CODES WERE ADAPTED FROM EUROPEAN MODELS.
TURKISH WOMEN RECEIVED EQUAL RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW SUCH AS THE RIGHT TO
VOTE AND BE ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE, WHICH PUT TURKEY AHEAD OF MANY
WESTERN NATIONS IN TERMS OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS. IT WAS A REVOLUTION,
UNPARALLELED AT ITS TIME AND EVEN TODAY, TO BRING A PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM
NATION IN LINE WITH WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND UNIVERSAL VALUES.

12. WHY NEED STUDY IN TURKEY?
• YOU HAVE MANY REASONS TO COME TO TURKEY! TURKEY IS AN ATTRACTION TO
EVERYONE IN THE WORLD BECAUSE OF THE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL FEATURES WHICH
ARE UNIQUE TO EACH SINGLE CITY. FOR EXAMPLE, İSTANBUL IS THE ONLY CITY IN THE
WORLD THAT CONNECTS TWO CONTINENTS. THE CITY, WHICH IS LOCATED IN BOTH ASIA
AND EUROPE, HAS BEEN THE CAPITAL CITY FOR MANY CIVILIZATIONS FOR THOUSANDS OF
YEARS THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY. TURKEY IS MORE THAN A BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO
CONTINENTS. ACTUALLY, TURKEY IS A COUNTRY IN WHICH EAST AND WEST MEET IN A MUCH
BROADER SENSE. TURKEY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN BLENDING THESE TWO CULTURES
AND BEING HOME TO CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL RICHNESS AND LEGACY FOR THOUSANDS
OF YEARS.
• IS ONE OF THE FEW COUNTRIES IN WHICH YOU WILL ENJOY THE BEAUTIES OF ALL FOUR
SEASONS THANKS TO ITS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION AND CLIMATE. BEING SURROUNDED BY
THREE SEAS, TURKEY IS AN IDEAL DESTINATION FOR SUN AND SWIMMING IN THE SUMMER
AND SKIING IN THE WINTER.

13. • THE CHANCE TO STUDY ABROAD IS A DREAM FOR MANY STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN
TODAY’S GLOBAL ERA. ACCORDING TO THE UNESCO, MORE THAN 3,6 MILLION
STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN HIGHER EDUCATION ABROAD IN 2010, AND THE
NUMBER IS INCREASING EVERY YEAR. IN THIS CHALLENGING GLOBAL MARKET, THERE
ARE A WIDE VARIETY OF SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN TURKEY AVAILABLE JUST
FOR YOU. MANY OF THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE PROVIDED BY THE STATE.
• FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.TURKIYEBURSLARI.GOV.TR/INDEX.PHP/EN/TURKIYE-BURSLARI/BURS-
PROGRAMLARI

15. TÜRKIYE SCHOLARSHIPS
• THE GRADUATE PROGRAM OF TURKEY STUDIES IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM WHICH
AIMS TO PROVIDE A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF TURKEY’S PAST, TODAY AND THE FUTURE BY
PRESENTING VALUABLE STUDY AREAS IN THE LIGHT OF THEORETICAL AND
METHODOLOGICAL EXPERIENCES AND AUTHENTIC, MODERN AND DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO READ AND DISCUSS TURKEY’S
POLITICAL, CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND CURRENT ISSUES IN COMPREHENSIVE, PROFOUND AND
COMPARATIVE WAYS AND TO PRESENT THE ACCUMULATED KNOWLEDGE INTO ACADEMIC,
POLITICAL AND CULTURAL CIRCLE’S ATTENTION.
• THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE TURKEY STUDIES WILL BE TURKEY THROUGH THE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF HISTORY, SOCIOLOGY, FINE ARTS, TURKISH-ISLAMIC ARTS,
TURKISH STUDIES, TURKISH FOLKLORE AND GASTRONOMY.
• THE MISSION OF THE TURKEY STUDIES IS TO EDUCATE RESPECTABLE, UNBIASED,
WORLDWIDE RESEARCHERS WHO HAVE A VOICE IN TURKEY’S HISTORICAL, SOCIO-POLITICAL,
SOCIO-CULTURAL WEALTH AND WHO CAN WORK IN UNIVERSITIES, RESEARCH INSTITUTES,
POLITICAL INSTITUTES, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR.

16. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
CANDIDATES WHO HAVE GRADUATED OR ARE LIKELY TO GRADUATE FROM AN EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTION EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF TÜRKIYE’S IN THE PRESENT ACADEMIC (I.E. BACHELOR’S DEGREE
FOR MASTER’S LEVEL) CAN APPLY TO TÜRKIYE SCHOLARSHIPS.
THERE IS ALSO AGE CONDITION FOR CANDIDATES REQUIRED TO MEET.
• FOR APPLICANTS APPLYING TO UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE: THOSE WHO WERE BORN NO EARLIER
THAN 01.01.1996,
• FOR APPLICANTS APPLYING TO MASTER’S DEGREE: THOSE WHO WERE BORN NO EARLIER THAN
01.01.1987,
• FOR APPLICANTS APPLYING TO PH.D DEGREE: THOSE WHO WERE BORN NO EARLIER THAN 01.01.1982,
• FOR APPLICANTS APPLYING TO RESEARCH PROGRAM: THOSE WHO WERE BORN NO EARLIER THAN
01.01.1972,
• APPLICANTS SHOULDN’T HAVE ANY HEALTH PROBLEMS BARRIER TO EDUCATION.

17. • IT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE CERTAIN ACADEMIC SCORE FROM CANDIDATES FOR EACH
PROGRAM AND SCHOLARSHIP LEVEL. THERE ARE SPECIFIC MINIMUM SCORE OF THE
PROGRAM THAT YOU ARE APPLYING AT “ASSESSMENT AND SELECTION” SECTION.
• STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY STUDYING IN TÜRKIYE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO APPLY
TO THE LEVEL THAT THEY ARE ALREADY STUDYING.
• TURKISH CITIZENS AND PERSONS WHO LOST TURKISH CITIZENSHIP CANNOT APPLY FOR
THIS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
• TÜRKIYE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE OPEN FOR ALL COUNTRY CITIZENS WHO MEET THESE
CONDITIONS.
• SHORT-TERM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS. PLEASE CHECK THE REQUIREMENTS DURING THE APPLICATION
PERIOD.
• APPLICATION CAN ONLY BE MADE ON-LINE VIA THIS WEBSITE.
HTTPS://WWW.TURKIYEBURSLARI.GOV.TR/EN/TURKIYE-BURSLARI/BASVURU-SARTLARI/

18. ASSESSMENT AND SELECTION
THE SELECTION OF CANDIDATES IS CARRIED OUT ACCORDING TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
AND INTERVIEW PERFORMANCE. TÜRKIYE SCHOLARSHIPS IS A PROGRAM BASED ON
ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF THE CANDIDATES.
ACADEMIC CRITERIA OF THE APPLICANTS WILL BE MEASURED ACCORDING TO THESE
DOCUMENTS:
• DIPLOMA GRADE
• GENERAL AVERAGE GRADES RECEIVED UNTIL THE LAST TERM (*)
• UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM GRADE (IF ANY)
• HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION EXAM / BACCALAUREATE GRADE (IF ANY)
• INTERNATIONAL TEST SCORE (IF ANY)
• OTHER ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT SCORE
(*) CUMULATIVE GPA

19. CANDIDATES MUST HAVE AT LEAST
• FOR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE APPLICATIONS 70 %
• FOR MASTER’S DEGREE AND PH.D. DEGREE APPLICATIONS 75 %
• FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL APPLICATIONS 90 %
WEIGHTED GRADE POINT AVERAGE OVER THEIR MAXIMUM GRADUATION GRADE.
CANDIDATES AMONG THOSE WHO COMPLETED THE APPLICATION FULLY WILL BE
INVITED TO INTERVIEW ACCORDING TO THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
INTERVIEW INFORMATION WILL BE DELIVERED BY E-MAILS AND ONLINE APPLICATION
SYSTEM. INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD FACE TO FACE OR VIA COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN
THE COUNTRIES WHERE TURKISH CONSULATES OR EMBASSIES DON’T EXIST.

20. SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
• ALLOWANCE
THE MONTHLY ALLOWANCE ALLOCATED ACCORDING TO LEVEL OF STUDY IS AS
FOLLOWS:
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; 700 TURKISH LIRA
MASTER’S STUDENTS; 950 TURKISH LIRA
PH.D. STUDENTS; 1,400 TURKISH LIRA
RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS; 3,000 TURKISH LIRA

21. • ACCOMMODATION
TÜRKIYE SCHOLARSHIPS STUDENTS CAN STAY IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY DORMITORIES
WITHOUT PAYING ANY FEES. STUDENTS WHO DO NOT WISH TO STAY IN THESE
DORMITORIES CAN OPT FOR OTHER HOUSING OPTIONS ON THEIR OWN EXPENSES.
• TUITION AND FEES
TÜRKIYE SCHOLARSHIPS STUDENTS DO NOT PAY ANY TUITION OR UNIVERSITY FEES.
• HEALTH EXPENSES
TÜRKIYE SCHOLARSHIPS STUDENTS’ HEALTH EXPENSES ARE COVERED BY PUBLIC
HEALTH INSURANCE.

22. • TURKISH LANGUAGE COURSE
TÜRKIYE SCHOLARSHIPS STUDENTS ARE SUBJECT TO A TURKISH LANGUAGE COURSE
FOR ONE YEAR IF THEY DO NOT HAVE PROOF OF TURKISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.
TURKIYE SCHOLARSHIPS STUDENTS WHO WILL STUDY A PROGRAM IN OTHER
LANGUAGES INSTEAD OF TURKISH ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO TAKE THE TURKISH
LANGUAGE COURSE.
• TRAVEL EXPENSES (ONE-OFF FLIGHT TICKET)
TURKISH SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH A ONCE TIME TICKET FOR
THEIR FIRST ARRIVAL IN TURKEY AND FOR THEIR DEPARTURE AFTER COMPLETING
THEIR STUDY. IF THE STUDENT PURCHASES THE TICKET, THE AMOUNT WILL BE
REIMBURSED LATER ON.

23. TURKEY HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN A POPULAR STUDY ABROAD
DESTINATION WITH MANY PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES AND COURSES
TO CHOOSE FROM. BELOW WE HAVE OUTLINED OUR FAVOURITE
REASONS TO STUDY IN TURKEY:
• İT IS MULTICULTURAL - TURKEY IS LITERALLY A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE
WEST, ITS LANDMASS STRADDLING BOTH EUROPE AND ASIA. WITH CLOSE PROXIMITY
TO AFRICA TOO, IT IS A CULTURAL MELTING POT WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL CULTURES AND
FAITHS CAN FEEL AT HOME. INDEED MORE THAN 30,000 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
COME HERE TO STUDY, WITH GROWING NUMBERS COMING FROM CONTINENTAL
EUROPE, AFRICA, THE UNITED STATES AND ASIA.
• İT’S FRIENDLY -TURKS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR WARMTH AND HOSPITALITY. YOU’LL SOON
BE DRINKING ÇAY (TEA) AND PLAYING TAVLA (BACKGAMMON) WITH THE LOCALS AND
BEING INVITED ROUND FOR BREAKFAST BY YOUR NEIGHBOURS. MOST TURKS ENJOY
MEETING FOREIGN VISITORS AND PRACTISING THEIR ENGLISH.

24. • IT HAS NATURAL WONDERS - TURKEY HAS MORE THAN 5,000 MILES OF COASTLINE
AND IS WASHED BY THE WATERS OF FOUR VERY DIFFERENT SEAS, THE
MEDITERRANEAN TO THE SOUTH, THE AEGEAN TO THE WEST, THE BLACK SEA TO THE
NORTH AND THE SMALL SEA OF MARMARA JUST BELOW ISTANBUL. THE KAÇKAR
MOUNTAINS IN THE NORTH-EAST ARE A HIKER’S PARADISE WITH SECRET VALLEYS,
WONDERFUL VIEWS AND RARE WILDLIFE.
• EXCITING CITIES - WITH 12 MILLION INHABITANTS, HIP, FAST-PACED ISTANBUL IS ONE
OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST CITIES AND THE ONLY ONE TO SPAN TWO CONTINENTS. IT
IS SURROUNDED BY THE WATERS OF THE BOSPHORUS STRAIT AND THE SEA OF
MARMARA AND IS A CULTURAL HUB WITH BREATHTAKING LANDMARKS SUCH AS THE
BLUE MOSQUE AND HAGIA SOPHIA. HIGH ON A ROCKY HILL INLAND IS ANKARA,
TURKEY'S MODERN CAPITAL WITH A HISTORIC HEART. THE PORT OF IZMIR, ON THE
SPARKLING AEGEAN COAST, IS SURROUNDED BY OLIVE GROVES AND VINEYARDS AND
CLOSE TO EPHESUS WITH ITS IMPRESSIVE ROMAN RUINS.

25. • IT HAS A RICH HISTORY - TURKEY IS AN OPEN-AIR MUSEUM, FULL OF ANCIENT SITES
AND RUINS THAT BEAR TESTAMENT TO THE MANY CIVILIZATIONS THAT EMERGED OR
FLOURISHED HERE, INCLUDING GREEK, ROMAN, BYZANTINE AND OTTOMAN. HERE YOU
WILL FIND THE WORLD’S BEST-PRESERVED NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT AT ÇATALHÖYÜK,
THE FAMOUS CITY OF TROY AND THE STATUES OF GREEK AND PERSIAN GODS ON
MOUNT NEMRUT, DESCRIBED BY UNESCO AS THE 8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD.
• THE FOOD IS DELICIOUS - FROM THE SAVOURY PASTRIES AND KEBABS SERVED ON
THE STREETS OF ISTANBUL TO THE FRESH FISH, GRILLED CORN AND STUFFED
MUSSELS SOLD ON THE COAST, TURKISH CUISINE IS A MOUTHWATERING FUSION AND
REFINEMENT OF CENTRAL ASIAN, MIDDLE EASTERN, MEDITERRANEAN, CAUCASIAN
AND BALKAN DISHES. YOU’LL SOON BE EATING OLIVES AND CHEESE FOR BREAKFAST,
DRINKING YOGHURT WITH EVERY MEAL AND SIPPING LOTS AND LOTS OF TURKISH TEA.

26. • THE CLIMATE IS KIND - ISTANBUL AND IZMIR ENJOY HOT, DRY SUMMERS AND MILD,
COOL, WET WINTERS. ANKARA HAS HOT, DRY SUMMERS AND COLD, SNOWY
WINTERS.
• IT HAS HIGH STANDARDS OF EDUCATION - TURKEY IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S
FASTEST-GROWING ECONOMIES, REFLECTING ITS AMBITIONS TO COMPETE IN THE
GLOBAL MARKET FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.
DEGREES GRANTED BY TURKISH UNIVERSITIES ARE RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE
WORLD AND A GROWING NUMBER OF PROGRAMS ARE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH,
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SUCH AS ENGINEERING, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND
BUSINESS. MANY OF TURKEY’S UNIVERSITIES HAVE MODERN CAMPUSES AND
STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES.

27. • IT’S AFFORDABLE - TUITION FEES AND THE COST OF LIVING ARE LOWER IN TURKEY
THAN IN MOST EUROPEAN OR AMERICAN COUNTRIES YET THE QUALITY OF
EDUCATION IS STILL HIGH. THERE ARE ALSO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE THAT COVER
NOT ONLY TUITION FEES BUT ACCOMMODATION, INSURANCE AND TRAVEL COSTS.
• ENGLISH IS WIDELY SPOKEN - A GROWING NUMBER OF COURSES AT TURKISH
UNIVERSITIES ARE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH AND MANY OTHERS OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY
TO LEARN ENGLISH. ENGLISH IS ALSO WIDELY SPOKEN IN THE MAJOR CITIES AND
TOURIST RESORTS.

28. MORO HAS PROFILES ON SOME OF THE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN
TURKEY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS :
YASAR UNIVERSITY
LOCATION: IZMIR, ON THE CRYSTAL BLUE WATERS OF THE AEGEAN COAST
KEY FACTS:
• YASAR UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDED IN 2001
• YASAR IS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE UNIVERSITY, OFFERING A WIDE VARIETY OF COURSES FOR PROSPECTIVE INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS.
• HIGHLY REGARDED FOR ITS WELCOMING AND FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE,
• HOME TO SEVEN FACULTIES, TWO GRADUATE INSTITUTES AND A GRADUATE RESEARCH CENTRE
• PROGRAMMES INCLUDING ENGINEERING, ART & DESIGN, ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LAW.
• STRONG LINKS WITH INDUSTRY AND THE BUSINESS WORLD
• MODERN FACILITIES IN A PURPOSE BUILT SETTING IN THE HEART OF THE CITY, WHICH INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE LIBRARY, GREAT
SPORTS FACILITIES AND A STATE OF THE ART MEDIA CENTRE.

29. BILKENT UNIVERSITY
LOCATION: JUST OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL CITY, ANKARA
KEY FACTS:
• BILKENT UNIVERSITY, FOUNDED IN 1984,
• TURKEY’S FIRST PRIVATE AND NON-PROFIT UNIVERSITY WITH THE SIMPLE AIM OF BECOMING A LEADER IN EDUCATION AND A CENTRE OF
EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH.
• ‘BILKENT’ IS AN AMALGAMATION OF THE PHRASE ‘BILIM KENTI’ WHICH IN TURKISH MEANS ‘CITY OF LEARNING AND SCIENCE’.
• RANKED AS A LEADING UNIVERSITY IN TURKEY AND BOASTS A STUDENT BODY FROM EUROPE, AMERICA, EURASIA AND ASIA,
• TEACHING FACULTY THAT COMPRISES APPROXIMATELY 40 DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES.
• BILKENT’S FACULTIES OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ENGINEERING ARE GLOBALLY ACCREDITED TO THE STANDARDS OF AACSB AND ABET
RESPECTIVELY.
• PROGRAMMES INCLUDING ENGINEERING, ART, DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, ECONOMICS, ADMINISTRATIVE AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION AND SCIENCE
• MAKING WAVES AROUND THE WORLD, BILKENT UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN RANKED BY TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE TOP100 UNIVERSITIES
FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY AND AS THE NUMBER 39 IN THE TOP 100 UNDER 50 LEAGUE TABLE.

30. SABANCI ÜNIVERSITESI
LOCATION: ISTANBUL
KEY FACTS:
• ESTABLISHED IN 1996 FOLLOWING A CONFERENCE THE YEAR BEFORE THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER
LEADING SCHOLARS, STUDENTS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO LAY THE
GROUNDWORK FOR THE NEW SABANCI UNIVERSITY.
• PIVOTAL PHILOSOPHY AS A “WORLD UNIVERSITY”
• RENOWNED FOR ITS POLICY OF ASSURING ALL TEACHING STAFF OF THEIR FREEDOM OF
EXPRESSION IN WHAT THEY TEACH AND HOW THEY TEACH IT
• COURSES ARE OFFERED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING FOUR SCHOOLS; FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND
NATURAL SCIENCES, FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, SCHOOL
OF LANGUAGES.

31. MEF UNIVERSITY
LOCATION: ISTANBUL
KEY FACTS:
• MEF IS NON-PROFIT, ENDOWMENT SUPPORTED UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHED WITH THE MISSION TO
GRADUATE INTERNATIONALLY COMPETITIVE, FORWARD-THINKING STUDENTS AND TO BRING TOGETHER
RESEARCH-ORIENTED, LEADING SCHOLARS WHO WILL MAKE GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THEIR PROFESSIONAL FIELDS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
• THE FOUNDATION OF MEF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS DATES BACK TO YEAR 1972 WHEN THE MEF
TUTORING SCHOOLS WERE ESTABLISHED.
• MEF UNIVERSITY’S MEDIUM OF EDUCATION IS 100% ENGLISH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SCHOOL OF
LAW WHICH IS 30% IN ENGLISH
• COURSES OFFERED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS; FACULTY OF ECONOMICS, ADMINISTRATIVE &
SOCIAL SCIENCES, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, FACULTY OF ARTS, DESIGN &
ARCHITECTURE AND THE FACULTY OF LAW

32. OKAN ÜNIVERSITESI
LOCATION: ISTANBUL
KEY FACTS:
• OKAN UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDED IN 1999, WITH CLOSE TO 18,000 FULL TIME STUDENTS.
• OFFERS 65 UNDERGRADUATE, 47 GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND 13 PH.D. PROGRAMS
UNDER 9 FACULTIES, 3 GRADUATE INSTITUTES, SCHOOLS OF APPLIED
SCIENCES AND HEALTH SCIENCES.
• THE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION IN MANY OF THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IS ENGLISH.
THOSE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS THAT INSTRUCT IN TURKISH OFFER SOME CLASSES IN
ENGLISH AS WELL FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE STUDENTS.
• AIMS TO BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE ACADEMIC AND THE BUSINESS WORLD WITH ITS
MOTTO: THE UNIVERSITY CLOSEST TO THE WORLD OF BUSINESS”

33. İSTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY
LOCATION: ISTANBUL
KEY FACTS:
• ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S TOP-RANKED PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES.
• MEMBER OF THE LAUREATE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES NETWORK, THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
ASSOCIATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES.
• THE COURSES ON OFFER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ARE HOUSED WITHIN THREE KEY
FACULTIES; ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES, ARTS AND SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING.
• THE UNIVERSITY CURRENTLY HAS 25,000 STUDENTS, NEARLY 1,000 ACADEMIC STAFF MEMBERS, 7
FACULTIES, 5 INSTITUTES, 4 SCHOOLS, 3 VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, AND 200 PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE
EDUCATION TO ITS ASSOCIATE, UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. AS OF 2016, THE
UNIVERSITY HAS GRADUATED APPROXIMATELY 30,000 STUDENTS.

34. MORO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
ASSOCIATION IN TURKEY
THE MORO ORG. ORIGINATED AS A SPLINTER GROUP OF THE MORO
ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) THE AIMED OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO
UNITE AND STRENGTHEN OUR BROTHERHOOD IN ISLAM, TO PROMOTE
BANGSAMORO IDENTITY IN INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS AND THE
ORGANIZATION WILL ALSO GIVE US OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR SITUATION
IN OUR HOMELAND THE PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE BANGSAMORO AND THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES AND AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN
INTRODUCE OUR ASSOCIATION FOR INSTANCE THE BANGSAMORO HISTORY
AND CULTURE. THE CORE AND OVERARCHING OBJECTIVE OF THE 40-YEAR-
LONG BANGSAMORO STRUGGLE, BOTH IN THE BATTLEFIELD AND IN PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS IS TO ASSERT AND EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO SELF-
DETERMINATION.

35. VISION
• THE ASSOCIATION SHALL ENVISION TO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES AND LINKAGES
FOR THE MORO STUDENTS WHO STUDY AND BE ADMITTED IN THE DIFFERENT
UNIVERSITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY.
MISSION
• THE ASSOCIATION SHALL PRIORITIZE THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS BY PROVIDING
THEM THE MEANS TO FACILITATE THEIR NEEDS ESPECIALLY TECHNICAL AND
ACADEMIC UNDERTAKINGS TO ENSURE THEIR STAY IS WELL SERVED BY THE
ASSOCIATION.

36. GOALS
• TO PRIMARILY SERVE THE INTEREST OF THE ASSOCIATION AND MORO STUDENTS
WHO STUDY IN TURKEY
• TO GIVE STUDENTS WITH PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND GUIDANCE
AND COUNSELING;
• TO PROPERLY MONITOR STUDENTS SITUATION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INSTITUTIONS
SO THAT PROPER ADVISES SHALL BE GIVEN TO THEM IN RELATIVE TO THEIR
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AND OTHER CONCERNS IN WHICH THE ASSOCIATION SHALL
HAVE TO BE CALLED UPON TO INTERVENE.

37. GENERAL POLICY
• MUST RESPECT ONE ANOTHER AT ALL TIME
• OBSERVANCE AND PRACTICE ISLAMIC VALUES AT ALL TIME
• RENDERS SUPPORTS AND SERVICES TO ALL TO ATTAIN WELL ESTABLISHED THE
VMG OF THE ASSOCIATION WHEREVER THEY ARE
• PROMOTE AND UPLIFT THE WELFARE OF INCOMING AND OUT COMING STUDENTS IN
TURKEY
• PROMOTE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENTS

38. İLGINIZ IÇIN TEŞEKKÜR EDERIM VE
DINLEDIĞINIZ IÇIN TEŞEKKÜR EDERIZ