Demand for tuition fee discounts for international students
Eskişehir International Student Association (ES-UDER) President Şükrü Özer stated that international students studying in Turkey are struggling to pay their university tuition fees, saying, "We are requesting a discount on tuition fees for these students, each of whom will return to their home countries as our goodwill ambassadors upon graduation."
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In a statement made by Özer, it was noted that over 360,000 international students are receiving educationstated that they sawthesituation. Only 5 percent of these are studying asPresidency forTurks Abroad and Related Communities(YTB) Turkeyscholarship recipientsreceiving educationsawtheportion, while the remaining 95 percent continue their education with their own means, explained Şükrü Özer, "In Eskişehir's universities, nearly 14 thousandinternational students are continuing their education.students are continuing their education.
Especially those who come with their own meansand, in addition to their general needs,theirschool tuitionfeesas well. Some students who have reached the point of being unable to pay have had to drop out of their schools and return to their home countries. At universities in Eskişehir, the cheapest department tuition feeis 100,000 liras per year, while the Faculty of MedicineThe annual tuition fee for facultiesand similar departments exceeds400,000.
Themajority of studentswho choose our country fortheir education areThe family economic situation of these students is either middle-class or lower. These children have come to our country due to historicalties, culturalties, andhave arrived either by their own choice or the preference of theirelders. Increasing school tuitionfeesareby university administrations are awareof, but unfortunately, no solution can be found.
As an association, we have reached out to our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, theCouncil of Higher Education (YÖK) Chairman Prof. Dr. Erol Our request from Özvar and the authorities isthat these children belong to all of us, and are the future of our country and theworld.
Some children work at night under difficult conditions toworkingduring the dayto continue their education. If a discount is applied to the tuition fees ofthese students, who are our guests,thestudents will be able to focus more on their studies.they will be successful, will not drop out of school, and will direct studentswho would otherwise go to othercountries to our country. Each of these childrenwill, upon graduation, return to their countries as our goodwill ambassadors," he said.