Turkiye to cover tuition fees of university students from Gaza

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the mass opening ceremony at Bestepe People’s Congress and Culture Center in Ankara, Turkiye on December 11, 2023 [Mehmet Ali Özcan – Anadolu Agency]

Turkiye’s Official Gazette highlighted the Turkish government’s commitment to reimbursing tuition fees for master’s and doctoral students residing in war-hit Gaza, Palestine, who are pursuing a thesis program or equivalent in public higher education institutions.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision added a temporary article to the presidential decree concerning contribution and tuition fees for the 2023-2024 academic year in higher education institutions.

This addition stipulates that, for the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year, the State will bear the tuition costs for thesis-based master’s and doctoral students residing in Gaza, Palestine, enrolled in formal education programs at Turkish public higher education institutions.

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