cover image: IPC–MERCATOR ANALYSIS      May 2024 - INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN TURKEY: MIGRATION AND MOBILITY AS COMPETING

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IPC–MERCATOR ANALYSIS May 2024 - INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN TURKEY: MIGRATION AND MOBILITY AS COMPETING

23 May 2024

An analysis on the growing a large increase in the number of young people number of international students in Turkey is from prestigious high schools moving abroad for therefore also useful from a policy perspective university education and the uptick in university in that it raises questions about the interplay graduates emigrating to Europe and North America between contemporary regimes of mobil. [...] According to official figures, Numbers international university students now number over The presence of foreign students and professors 300,000,2 making Turkey the eighth most popular in Turkey’s universities is as old as Turkish higher destination for international students globally and education itself and predates the foundation of the a leading destination in the Global South,3 and Republic o. [...] Gür, and İpek Coşkun, “Factors influ- cluded in the figures of international students encing international students’ choice to study provided by YÖK, meaning that the number in Turkey and challenges they experience in of European-origin international students Turkey,” Research in Comparative and Inter- in Turkish universities is potentially larger national Education 10, no. [...] The Initiative is based on the premise The interpretations and conclusions made in this that the acquisition of knowledge and the paper belong solely to the authors and do not exchange of people and ideas are preconditions reflect IPC’s official position. [...] The Initiative focuses on two areas of cooperation, EU/ German-Turkish relations and climate change, International Students in Turkey: which are of essential importance for the future Migration and Mobility as Competing of Turkey and Germany within a larger European Frameworks of Analysis and global context.
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10
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Türkiye