Turkish government announces new fellowship programs and summer courses for the citizens of OIC member countries

Baku. Ilhama Isabalayeva – APA. The government of Turkey announced new Bachelor and Master Fellowship programs, as well as summer courses on Turkish language for the citizens of member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the Azerbaijan Ministry of Education told APA. The summer courses on Turkish will be held in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Kayseri, Antalya and Samsun. The candidates can choose three of these cities. The courses will be organized from July 1 to August 31. The Master applicants are required to be high-educated and under 40 and the research program applicants must be high-educated and fluent in English, Turkish or French. The applications will be received at the Ministry of Education until May 13, 2009.
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