Abstract:

The paper analyses Turkey’s changing position in attracting international students. Internationalization of Higher Education has an increasing importance for Turkish universities. Not only it helps to establish political and social cooperation for Turkey, but also provides important financial benefits. The paper tries to put the student mobility under the theorethical framework and describe the international student mobility trends towards Turkey. The fieldwork composed of questionnaire and interviews gives an overview of the life and study conditions of international students. The results show that international students choose Turkish universities for regional, cultural or financial reasons. The recommendations and concluding remarks sum up the difficulties of international students and underlines the necessity of governmental policies towards them.

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