Turkey’s government-funded scholarship program has provided scholarship opportunities to students and researchers from around the world for decades now. With its re-launch in 2012, higher education scholarships provided by Turkey for international students are now being run under “Türkiye Scholarships”.

Türkiye Scholarships offers opportunities at all levels of higher education, in the top universities in Turkey, with the vision of expanding and developing social, cultural, political and economic ties between countries. YTB is the institution in charge of administering the scholarship program.

Applications for the year 2020 will be open from 10th of January until 20th of February and will be received online through Türkiye Scholarships Application System.

The scholarship program not only provides an all-inclusive financial support (monthly stipend, tuition fees, accommodation, health insurance, flight ticket and so on) but also ensures university placement for students in all levels of higher education. Türkiye Scholarships aims to reach the most outstanding and active students in all levels and all fields of education ranging from health sciences to engineering, humanities to social sciences…etc. Scholarships are also provided to academicians, researchers and civil servants through various modules for research and Turkish language education.

The scholarship program makes special emphasis on academic and professional development, as well as strengthening academic ties between Turkey and recipient countries. Therefore, we aim to provide more Postgraduate Scholarships (at Master’s and PhD levels), Research Scholarships (3-12 months at PhD thesis level or Post-doc level), and Turkish Language Program for Public Officials and Academicians (KATIP), which is designed for foreign public officials, diplomats, academicians and researchers to learn Turkish and be informed of Turkish culture, institutions and academia for the duration of 1 year.