The vice president for Students Affairs and External Relations, Dr. Fawwaz Al-Abed Al-Haq met the president of Gaziantep University (Turkey), Dr. Ali Gur to discuss possible avenues of cooperation between the two sides.

At the beginning of the meeting, Al-Abed Al-Haq stressed the keenness of YU to cooperate with regional and international universities, which offers educational and research opportunities for YU students and faculty members as well, pointing to the academic reputation that Turkish universities enjoy.  Al-Abed Al-Haq further stated that YU welcomes cooperation with Gaziantep University in terms of establishing joint academic programs and invited Gaziantep students to join the Arabic language for speakers of other languages program offered by the Languages Center and which receives hundreds of students from around the world on an annual basis.

For his part, Gur stated that Gaziantep University has 54 thousand students and 14 faculties and that Turkish, English and Arabic are used as mediums of instruction, pointing that Arabic is used as a medium of instruction for 12 programs.  Gur also pointed that Gaziantep University has international students representing 108 countries adding that the university is a center of excellence for medicine and engineering. He finally expressed his university willingness to expand cooperation with Arab universities in general, and with YU, confirming their willingness to establish joint programs. 

The meeting was attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts Dr. Mohammed Bani Doumi, the Director of International Relations and Projects Dr. Mwaffaq Otoom, Dr. Ayman Hayajneh from the Department of Political Science, and the vice president of Gaziantep University, Dr. Shimis Demir, and several officials from both universities.