Turkey offering Graduate & Postgraduate Scholarships for Pakistani students

Ankara: Turkey is offering graduate and postgraduate scholarships for students of Pakistan to get education in Turkish universities and expected that these students can become an important bond for the promotion of more good relation with Pakistan at people to people level.

Almost 5,000 scholarships are being offered under a strategy that is made for Asia Pacific countries by presidency for Turks abroad and related communities (YTB) according to which all the expenditures including tickets, tuition fee as well as boarding are paid by the Turkish government, said President of YTB Prof Kudret Bulbul on Tuesday.

Turkey is offering 5,000 Graduate and Postgraduate Scholarships for Pakistani students to get education in Turkish Universities.

While conversing, he said at least 6,500 Pakistani candidates have applied for Turkish scholarships adding that large number of Pakistani students had been moving for Western universities.

He moreover said that the aspirants applying for graduate and postgraduate and also for Phd scholarships should not be residents of Turkey and they will have to return to their homeland on completion of their degree.

Students are instructed to apply online for these highly competitive scholarships as this year 100,000 aspirants from almost 180 countries applied to get education in different subjects such as medical engineering and other social sciences, he said.

President of YTB also said that when they will go back to their homelands, they will be a string bond and representatives for Turkey for building relations along with their respective countries in Asia and Pacific zone.

YTB is paying its full attention on authorization of affairs related to historical and cultural relations and to develop the economic and political relations by connecting people to people and intellectual level along with countries in the entire world.

He also added that Turkey is ready to work along with the universities in concerned countries and education departments for supporting their projects while these scholarships are just one part of this strategy.