The President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, met the Turkish Ambassador to Amman, Erdem Ozan, and the accompanying delegation to discuss ways of possible cooperation between Yarmouk University and the Turkish Embassy as well as the various Turkish educational and research institutions. During the meeting, Massad stressed the depth of cooperation and friendship relations between Jordan and Turkey, remarking that Yarmouk is one of the leading national institutions in the field of higher education. He then stated that Yarmouk is keen on networking and cooperating with various Turkish educational and research institutions in areas of common interest, pointing out that Yarmouk is one of the pioneer universities that have taken great strides in the field of teaching foreign languages, as part of its study plans, in form of language course packages, which include among many others the Turkish language. Moreover, he stressed the importance of mastering the skill of communicating in international languages, other than Arabic and English, for medical, engineering, nursing, business, and information technology graduates, as this opens up more job opportunities for graduates in regional and international markets.

For his part, the Turkish Ambassador to Amman praised the distinguished scientific reputation of Yarmouk University, especially in the field of teaching the Turkish language, expressing the embassy's continuous support of this program. He then valued Yarmouk’s interest in building bridges of cooperation with the embassy and Turkish and research universities, confirming that the embassy attaches great importance to supporting events and cultural exchange programs organized by Yarmouk. After the meeting, the Turkish Ambassador met the Turkish students studying at Yarmouk and Yarmouk students of the Turkish language program, where a group of activities were presented in the Turkish language.