Third Panel of “Preservation of Academic Heritage in the Middle East
Project” Takes Place in Brussels
February 21, 2019 / Belgium
The panels for the “Preservation of Academic Heritage in the Middle East
Project”, which has being carried out by the Council of Higher Education
under the auspices of the Presidency of Turkey, are being held on
international platforms.
Following the first panel held in New York on December 2, 2018, the second
panel was held in Berlin on December 10, 2018. The project was also
introduced at the Arts & Ideas Festival of SMI University in Pakistan
on December 19, 2018.
Yunus Emre Institute hosted an important panel in Brussels, the capital of
Belgium, which is considered as the center of Europe. Prof. Dr. Zeliha
Koçak Tufan, CoHE Executive Board Member and Project Coordinator, Prof. Dr.
Eyüp Ertuğrul Karsak, Rector of Galatasaray University, Prof. Dr. Mustafa
Verşan Kök, Rector of Middle East Technical University, and Prof. Dr. Erol
Özvar, Rector of Marmara University, participated as panelists.
The inclusion process of Syrian academics and students into academic life
and education in Turkey and the legislative arrangements were discussed in
the panel.
The CoHE Delegation attended the receptions hosted by Mehmet Kemal Bozay,
Turkish Ambassador to Permanent Representation of Turkey to the EU, and
Zeki Levent Gümrükçü, Ambassador of Turkey to Belgium. The delegation met
with British, Greek, German and Belgian Parliament members, members of the
European Commission and the rectors of University of Kent, Catholic
University of Leuven, Ghent University and University of Antwerp and
visited the European Parliament.
In these official visits, the delegation gave information to its European
counterparts about the recent developments in Turkish higher education and
the projects that were realized for the first time by the New CoHE, which
are mission differentiation and specialization, 100/2000 Doctoral
Scholarship Project, YUDAB Scholarships, research universities and the
studies on the education of refugees in Turkey. After meeting with the
Turkish students receiving education abroad, the CoHE delegation returned
to Turkey.