President Yalçın Visits TRNC President Eroğlu

TRNC President Derviş Eroğlu received Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın and BAU Institute of Strategic Research Chair Ercan Çitlioğlu.

President Derviş Eroğlu stated that he had given conferences at Bahçeşehir University as its guest and was very pleased with the interest shown by the students.

Describing Bahçeşehir University as a growing university in communication with the world, Eroğlu emphasized that the university's staff also has close cooperation with the TRNC.

Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Şenay Yalçın explained that Bahçeşehir is a very dynamic and effective university. President Yalçın stated that, in addition to educating students from 64 countries, the university cooperates with 186 universities in 35 countries.

Recalling that the university was opened by Founding President Rauf Denktaş and that its first president was Turkish Cypriot Halil Güven, Yalçın said that its ties with the TRNC are strong.

Noting that they had come to the TRNC within the framework of a program run jointly by the Bahçeşehir University Institute of Strategic Research and UKÜ, Prof. Yalçın said that they wished to share their knowledge with other universities and benefit from their experience.

Yalçın added that 14,000 young people, 3,700 of them master's and doctoral students, study at the university, and that they would like Cypriots to benefit from these opportunities as well.