ABOUT ISSA TURKEY Education In Turkey 1 2 www.issa.org.tr ABOUT ISSA TURKEY PREFACE The foremost indicator of the internationalization of the universities around the world includes the number of the foreign students they teach, and the countries from which these come. Furthermore, every youth would like to study in a university giving the best education at international standards. Seeking after knowledge at the best and farthest institution has been a common rule throughout history. Throughout history, particularly in the Islam culture, many scholars had gone to various realms cradling science and wisdom, and been taught far away from their countries. Having risen in the last century, the number of students worldwide has reached above 5 million worldwide. Besides, this has become a major service sector for all countries in socio-cultural and economical terms, having reached to an annual economical volume of $ 100 billion. Anatolia has been a center of education and science thanks to the scientist it has brought up, its history, its nature, and its geopolitical location at the intersection of three continents. Today, Turkey, too, is an educational center in its territory with its nearly 200 universities, and more than 100 hundred thousand students coming from 95 counties. Students prefer Turkey due to the particular reasons mentioned below. Turkey is a modern Muslim country being governed by Republican regime. Turkey is a country with a thriving economy, alongside its historical, climatic, and natural beauties. Turkish universities accommodate all departments in Turkey with numerous alternatives. While Turkish universities in general are at European standards, not only the private universities are cheaper than those in Europe, it is also way cheaper to study in the state universities, and even for free in some of them. There are various scholarship opportunities available for the international students studying in Turkey. In this book, you may find brief information about Turkey in general, and about Turkish Universities in particular. There is also a chapter devoted comprehensively to the member universities of our Association. In the last chapter, the list of all universities in Turkey, and their contact details are available. This book shall be updated, and distributed as being translated into various languages. Content of the book is accessible in several languages anytime via www.issa.org.tr. We are waiting for the youth to our universities teaching at European standards in Turkey, where history, natural beauties, and a vivid live coincide. Best regards, Education in Turkey Education In Turkey 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS A) ABOUT ISSA TURKEY .....................................................................4 1) About the Chairman ........................................................................................4 2) About the Association ....................................................................................5 3) Turkey is becoming an Educational Center ...................................................7 B) STUDYING IN TURKEY .....................................................................9 1) About Education in Turkey ...........................................................................10 2) Life in Turkey .................................................................................................12 3) Student Enrollment Procedures ..................................................................14 4) University Education Fees ............................................................................16 5) University Statistics ......................................................................................18 6) Student Statistics ..........................................................................................20 C) ABOUT OUR MEMBER UNIVERSITIES .............................................25 1) ISSA Turkey Member Universities ...............................................................26 2) Member Foundation Universities ................................................................28 Atılım University .........................................................................................28 Beykent University .....................................................................................29 Bezm-i Alem University ............................................................................30 Biruni University .........................................................................................31 Doğuş University ........................................................................................32 Hasan Kalyoncu University .......................................................................33 İstanbul Aydın University ...........................................................................34 İstanbul Şehir University ............................................................................35 Toros University ..........................................................................................36 Üsküdar University ....................................................................................37 3) Member State Universities ...........................................................................38 Ahi Evran University ...................................................................................38 Balıkesir University ....................................................................................39 Bartın University .........................................................................................40 Cumhuriyet University ...............................................................................41 Fırat University ...........................................................................................42 Kastamonu University ...............................................................................43 Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University ........................................................44 Ondokuz Mayıs University .........................................................................45 Ordu University ...........................................................................................46 Uşak University ..........................................................................................47 4) List of All Universities in Turkey ..................................................................48 Major Ministries and Their Websites ...................................................55 2 www.issa.org.tr ABOUT ISSA TURKEY ABOUT ISSA TURKEY “INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ CONSULTANT IN TURKEY” Education In Turkey 3 ABOUT THE CHAIRMAN Dr. Dursun Aydın Born in 1966 in Konya, Beyşehir, Dr. Dursun Aydın completed his primary, secondary, and high-school education Manavgat district of Antalya, the tourism capitol of Turkey, and finally graduated from the Medical Faculty of Atatürk University. He served as supervisor physician at the dialysis unit in Erzurum SSK (Social Security Institution) in between the years of 1993-1996. Having resigned from the public sector in 1996, he established the first private public institution of the east in Erzurum together with a couple of his colleagues. He served there as the Board Chairman of the Company, and Chief Physician of the Hospital for ten years. He paved the way for our compatriots working in Europe to obtain service from the private hospitals when they were to come to the region on their leaves as from 1998. 1998 thereby witnessed the establishment of the health tourism in Turkey. In 2005, he transferred his hospital entrepreneurship in Erzurum, and resumed his career in Ankara focused on health tourism consultancy and home care services. After settling in Ankara, he paced his works in the fields of health tourism, elder care, and home care. In 2005, he established Turkish Health Tourism Association. After getting back to the public sector in 2009, Dr. Aydın served as the Director of Ankara Public Health Laboratory, then as the Assistant Director of Ankara Provincial Health Directorate for a short time until 2010. In mid-2010, he was appointed as the Chief of the Health Tourism Coordinator’s Office in the Ministry of Health. He played active role, and contributed in the health tourism works schemed within the Strategic Action Plan of the Ministry of Health, and within 10-Year Development Plan of the Republic of Turkey. Upon the establishment of the Health Tourism Department in 2012, he was appointed as the first Founding Chairman of the Health Tourism Department. Dr. Aydın resigned from his position as the Department Chairman in 2014. He thereafter decided to resume his activities in the fields of Health Torism and Educational Tourism at NGO-level. In this respect, he founded the International Patient Services Association and the International Student Services Association. He recently paced his NGO activities particularly in the foreign promotions of Turkish universities, and enrollment of students from abroad to Turkey. Currently serving as physician in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Dursun Aydın is married, father of three children, and knows English and Arabic. 4 www.issa.org.tr ABOUT ISSA TURKEY ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION International Student Services Association (ISSA TURKEY) International Student Affairs Association is the first NGO having been established for promoting Turkish universities abroad. Our association was founded in Ankara in 2015, and commenced its activities thereupon. Vision: To promote Turkish universities abroad, so as to increase the number