First guide | Advantages of studying in Turkey

Have you ever thought about studying and living abroad? Is it really worth thinking about? That is a very good question by any student or parent.

Obtaining a university degree from a foreign country with a world-class education will make you outstanding and privileged. However, this absolutely depends on your excellence and hard work. Studying abroad offers you all the means that could help you advance in your life and career.

1. Studying in Turkey is an amazing opportunity as it is largely stable, particularly, in terms of its economic, social, health, and more importantly, educational levels.
2. Tukey has a special geographical location. It is a transcontinental country that lies both in Asia and Europe. In addition, being a MENA country with an 83 million population makes it a fierce competitor in trade and education.
3. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Greece, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq and Syria. It also overlooks three seas: The Aegean Sea, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.
4. All these features made Turkey a country where the East and west civilization meet. Accordingly, it embraces thousands of international students. In 2019, the number of its internationals reached 180.000 students after reaching only 48.000 students in 2016. However, Turkey aims at increasing their number to 350.000 by 2023.

There are many advantages of studying in Turkey for foreigners:

1. Cultural and historical diversity.
2. Study aids, such as scholarships.
3. Efficiency in education.
4. The significantly lower cost of living in Turkey than other European countries.

I will try to summarize the advantages for you in ten specific points, so that you can compare them with any other country you are considering studying in:

First: Quality Education:

1. Turkey ranks second in the world in the rate of higher education. In other words, 94.2% of Turkey's students are enrolled in higher education.
2. Tukey applies the Bologna Process/ European Higher Education Area (EHEA). In the assessment of this process, Turkey scored 5/5.

This means that all the certificates obtained from the official Turkish universities are accredited in all the other European countries. In addition, certificates are issued according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

Second: Student Exchange Programs:

1. Turkey is one of the most successful countries in student exchange programs, such as Erasmus+, Farabi and Mevlana. All these programs support exchanging students and teachers across the world different universities.
2. These programs grant you a scholarship for a semester or two in a European country or even in the USA, and then you can return to Turkey to complete your studying years and graduate after gaining two learning experience in two different countries.

Third: Diversified Universities and Study Programs:

1. Turkey has a population of about 83 million people. It encompasses 207 universities with roughly 8 million students. Can you imagine that Turkey has over 60.000 study programs? Yes, it does. Accordingly, you can easily find a great number of options in majors and universities.

Fourth: Experience of the Diversity of Cultures and the Beauty of Nature:

1. Throughout history, Turkey has embraced different and diverse civilizations. That made it an international students attraction. Blending in and involving with students of different cultures would provide you with unprecedented experience and skills.
2. Of course, the beautiful nature of Turkey is self evident to the whole world. You can enjoy the four seasons in Turkey. You can also do water sports such as swimming and diving, and ice skate in many cities in Turkey. Natural landscapes are in all Turkish cities, and so you will study in a state with an absolute peace of mind.

Fifth: Hospitable Turkish people:

1. The hospitality and love of foreigners distinguish the Turkish people around the world. Whenever you ask someone for a favor, he would be happy to help.
2. The Turkish people welcome you as a guest, and so you will never feel alienated while you are there. Indeed, every rule has an exception. We mean the Turkish are generally hospitable in all Turkish cities.

Sixth: Campus Life:

1. Inside your university, you will find all the means that could help you achieve your goal, develop your skills and enjoy your hobbies. As for the academic life, you will find the laboratories equipped with equipment that would help you in any project or research you may undertake. As for the services, most of the Turkish universities are more like an integrated city; you will find there banks, restaurants and shopping malls. As for your hobbies, you will find there stadiums and sports centers where you could do all kind of sports and take part in many student activities.

Fourth: Turkey's Easy Life:

1. Turkey is more convenient and easier to live in compared to other countries. You will enjoy there the high-quality housing, food and entertainment.
2. You can either live at your university residence, government residence or private residence. You can also buy or rent a place to live at, depending on your financial ability.
3. You can access many means of transportation which offer over a 60% discount on its costs to some cities.
4. You can easily travel to, from and even within Turkey due to its large number of international or local airports and due to its varied means of transportation that connects its cities together and its streets as well.

Eighth: Learning Turkish Is Easy:

1. The universities of Turkey offer a large number of majors with English as their language of study. However, a larger number have Turkish as their language of study, bearing in mind that Turkish is the world's fifth spoken language.
2. The universities of Turkey offer a full year to study the Turkish language and obtain an accredited diploma that qualifies you to study and work. Thus, it is easy for students to learn the language, which could serve as a privilege later in their career as he would become a multilingual.

Ninth: Flexible Laws:

1. Turkey is one of the most flexible European countries in dealing with foreigners, particularly, students. You have the right to obtain a residence permit that would allow you to stay in turkey during your entire study period.
2. You can open a bank account, rent or buy a property or a car, or even get a visa to other countries. More importantly, Turkey grants students the right to obtain an official work permit.

Tenth: Achieve Your Goal:

1. Turkey will help you achieve your goal whatever it is through the various scientific projects and research you can take part in,
2. the scientific teams, competitions, sporting activities where you will find all the support you need, and
3. the student exchange programs, business support programs that always look for someone who studied and gained experience in Turkey, and so the job opportunities would be available.
4. Whatever your goal is, the chance of achieving it while in Turkey would be easy, but you have to work hard and stand out.

In the next article, we will provide you with information about the admission requirements, costs of living, available universities and other. This series of articles will be as a comprehensive guide to students looking forward to studying in Turkey. This series was prepared in collaboration with Nafham, the biggest free online crowdsourced educational platform in Egypt and the Middle East that provides online learning and, explanation of the mandated public curriculum and support to youth and students in order to develop their life skills; and Turkey Campus Foundation for student services, an accredited agent of many Turkish universities in the field of educational counselling. Turkey Campus can help you apply for its partner Turkish universities and guarantee you get accepted there. It also helps you get exclusive over 50% discounts on your annual tuition fees through its partnership with many distinguished universities.

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