These scholarships, paid for by the Turkish-Cypriot government, are also awarded to students from other Turkic countries, including Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Altogether, the Turkish Cypriot universities have 25,000 students coming from 67 countries and 1,600 professors from 27 countries, including the U.S., England, Taiwan and Turkey. Scholarships are offered by the government of North Cyprus for Azerbaijanis to study in English language at five universities. Erkman, himself a part-time lecturer at one of the universities, says that degrees from North Cyprus universities are accredited and accepted internationally. We're looking for people who have already shown that they can succeed at their studies.
Students can choose from five different universities to in North Cyprus.
Approximately 22,000 students will be enrolled in this university. Education as Island's Resource Beginning in 1986, North Cyprus decided to use universities as a way to draw more revenue to the island. They're like permanent tourists. The fact that university instruction is in English reflects the island's unique history. North Cyprus was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1570-71 and remained under Turkish sovereignty until it was annexed by Great Britain in 1914.