Turkey plans to increase the number of international students to 500,000

Currently, about 340,000 international students are studying in Turkish universities, which puts the country in eighth place in the world in this indicator. The head of the Turkish Higher Education Council (Yükseköğretim Kurulu, YÖK) Erol Ozvar noted that to achieve this goal, it is necessary to develop educational programs and open new campuses abroad, especially in the countries of the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. An important aspect of this strategy is the emphasis on technological disciplines, such as engineering and medicine, which meets the needs of the Turkish labor market.