​ CoHE President Özvar: “We will support the development and improvement of universities in Syria”

“The Council of Higher Education is ready to share Türkiye's higher education experience with the Syrian people. We continue to have contacts with our counterparts on this issue.”

January 6, 2025 / Izmir

Erol Özvar, President of the Council of Higher Education, stated that the Council of Higher Education and universities will support the development and improvement of universities in Syria.

Özvar made a statement in Izmir, where he visited to organize the Fourth Regional Meeting with Universities on the Vision of Turkish Higher Education Towards 2030. He stated that Türkiye is ready to share its higher education experience with the Syrian people and said, “We continue to have contacts with our counterparts on this issue.”

He stated that they hope for a democratic order to be built in Syria that the people will trust, and said:

“In Syria, there were various problems related to higher education caused by the former regime. As the Council of Higher Education and universities, we will work together with the Syrian people on this issue. The Council of Higher Education is ready to share Türkiye's higher education experience with the Syrian people. We have ongoing contacts in this regard. Türkiye will support the development and improvement of universities there. We are in contact with our colleagues. Just as we support all other countries in the field of higher education within the framework of peace, friendship and fraternity, we will provide all kinds of support to the Syrian people.”

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