Turkey Scholarships for Afghanistan and other countries

Application start: January 10, 2022         Application close: February 20, 2022

Location: Turkey                                       Number of institutions: 112

Number of Scholarships: 5000              Type of scholarship: fully funded

Interview: March- June 2022                            Result announcement: July 2022

Agreement and visa: July- August 2022      Travel of New Students to Turkey: Sep 10-20, 2022

Fields of Study: Various fields

Age Criteria

• For undergraduate programs: being under the age of 21
• For master’s programs: being under the age of 30
• For PhD programs: being under the age of 35
• For Research Scholarship: being under the age of 45

Minimum Academic Achievement

• For undergraduate candidates: 70%
• For graduate candidates: 75%
• For candidates of Health Sciences (Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy): 90%

More Summary

Turkey Government offers 5000 scholarships each year for students from all over the world to pursue their undergraduate, postgraduate, Ph.D. studies or Research in Turkey. This scholarship program is one of the most important scholarships for the students that provides great facilities and benefits such as accommodation, tuition fee, flight ticket and etc.

Fields of Study: all fields of study (selected based on the GPA) (the following list of disciplines are based on 2020 announcement, new updates will be done as soon as it is available)

• PhD fields of study
• Master degree fields turkey
• Undergraduate fields of study

Benefits of Turkey scholarships

These scholarships are fully funded providing the following items to the students:

• Monthly stipend of 1000 Turkish Lira for undergraduate students, 1400 TL for Master’s degree students and 1800 TL for PhD students, and 4000 TL for research scholarships
• Accommodation in dormitory ( Master, PhD and research students will get a monthly allowance of 750 TL to live outside the dormitory . Undergraduate students willing to live out of dormitory should pay their accommodation expenses)
• One year free Turkish language training along with accommodation
• One round travel cost to and from Turkey
• Health insurance
• Full Tuition fee
• University and Program placement.

Other Fully Funded Scholarships you may like:

• Azerbaijan Scholarship for OIC and NAM Member countries
• Fulbright Scholarship 2022-2024 for Afghanistan (Master Degree)
• Brunei Darussalam Scholarship for the academic year 2021-2022
• 85 Romania Scholarships for all degrees

Eligibility and requirements

Applicants can apply to this scholarship considering the points below:

• be National of any country other than Turkey:  Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Burundi, Albania, Azerbaijan, Austria, Czech, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Iceland, Japan,  Luxembourg, Malta, Macau, Moldova, Myanmar, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Sweden, San Marino,  Micronesia, Monaco, Portugal, Puerto Rico, UAE, Vietnam, USA, Thailand, Ukraine, Tanzania, Turkmenistan, and other countries that are eligible for Turkey Scholarship.
• be Healthy

Those who completed their high school in Turkey and do not hold Turkish citizenship can apply to this scholarship.

How to apply

Eligible applicants can apply to Turkish Government Scholarships online using the online application form.  The applicants must fill the online application form including their personal information, educational background, work experience, and social activities. You do not need to apply to university. By selecting the University in your Scholarship application, the Turkey Burslarie will do the admission and registration for you.

Required documents:

• Photo ( taken in than last six months )
• Governmental issued document: Passport
• High school graduation certificate and transcript ( Shahadatnama) for all
• Bachelor’s degree and transcripts for graduate and Doctoral applicants ( high school degree documents are required as well.)
• Master degree and theses statement for PhD applicants (high school and bachelors are also required)
• 2 or three reference letter from your academic or work experience background
• Research Proposal for master degree and PhD
• Any other certificate, achievements, CV(if available)
• Intent letter
• University entrance test ( Kankor) score and its certification or document (if you attended the Kankor exam)

 Letter of intent: 

First Section,, it is expected to explain the following details: your academic and social experiences relating to the field you want to take an education, your reasons for choosing Turkey for study, and the importance of your future plans for your education and scholarship in Turkey. You can write the letter of intent in the language you can express yourself. (3000 Characters)

Second Section: If you have a subject in your application documents that you think is not clear enough and you want to explain, or if you want to draw the attention of the evaluation committee, please briefly explain in this section. You can write the description in the language you can express yourself.

Study Proposal content: 

• Subject of study
• Working Title (Up to 15 words)(Please write in short and concise terms the title of your work as a thesis or an article title.)
• Analysis of the Problem (at least 75, maximum 300 words)(In this section, briefly describe the topic and your theory (concept map) to be used in the study.)
• Research Method (minimum 50 maximum 300 words)”(Give information about the academic research methods you intend to use in this study. For example, in-depth interviews, observations, surveys, experiments, etc.) For example, in-depth interviews, observations, surveys, experiments, etc.)
• General Structure of the Study (at least 75, maximum 300 words) Write the main headings of the study.)
• Academic Contribution of the Study (minimum 75, maximum 300 words) (Explain how this study will contribute to your academic field.)
• Literature Review (at least 75, maximum 300 words)(Please write down the main academic sources written in this study area.

 Apply online

Selection Criteria: 

• academic performance
  • diploma grade and general average grades received up to the last term.
  • Kankor (University entrance exam- if any)
  • High school graduation exam/baccalaureate grade (if available)
  • international test score (if any)
• Interview performance

Applicants who completely submitted the application form will be shortlisted and invited to attend an interview based on academic performance.

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