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Culture, art and history
Turkey is a unique country with its natural marvels, history and culture. The richness of past civilizations has offered a set of monuments to the Turkish land, which may be described now as an open-air museum. Turkey, which has been bearing the brilliant structure of every civilization until nowadays, draws the world's attention as a unique country in which art and culture are constantly displayed.
Almost every city in Turkey has its own touristic value, which reminds us of a paradise full of mountains, rivers, caves, ski resorts and beaches.
In Turkey, there are 9 cultural and natural legacies labeled as "World Heritage", a status usually granted by UNESCO to wonders, monuments and unique sites at an international level, for these are worthy of protection and admiration .
The city of Safranbolu (Karabük), Hattuşaş (Boğazköy) - the capital of Hittite (Çorum), Mount Nemrut (Adıyaman-Kahta), Xanthos-Letoon (Antaly-Muğla), Divriği Ulu Camii and the hospital (Sivas), in addition to the ancient city of Troy (Canakkale), Pamukkale-Hierapolis (Denizli), Goreme National Park and Cappadocia (Nevsehir).
Visiting these places and carrying out your studies meanwhile will give you the opportunity to understand Turkey’s cultural and historical wealth. For more information, you can visit the website of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Directorate General of Cultural Properties and Museums at www.kulturvarliklari.gov.tr.
Recently, there has been a vibrant revival of arts such as cinema, theater and music, for most of the Turkish cities, particularly Ankara and Istanbul, have witnessed National and international film, music and theater festivals which have been held throughout the year. To stay updated and monitor events, you can visit the State’s theaters and the Opera and Ballet Branch.
If you are interested in history and culture, you can visit museums and ruins which exceed 300 in number, and also are under the authority of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus for a year without paying anything by getting a "museum card" for a nominal fee and submitting your student ID. Details can be found at: www.muze.gov.tr
Cinema
Ankara International Film Festival, Istanbul International Film Festival, Antalya International Golden Orange Film Festival, Bursa Silk Road Festival, Filmekimi, Short Films International Film Festival and Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival.
Music
Ankara International Music Festival, Akbank Jazz Festival, Bursa Rock Festival, Rumeli Hisarı Concerts, Rock'n Coke, Izmir Jazz Festival, Istanbul Jazz European Festival, Freshtival, and Rock Istanbul are important events where local and foreign artists are going to take part. Music festivals and others are organized by the majority of universities each year. For detailed information, you can visit the websites of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts or the municipalities.
Accommodation
Almost all the universities of the campus have a variety of hosting facilities. Apart from dormitories of the universities, state-owned dormitories are open to all students. Students must consult their universities for accommodation facilities. Rental housing is another option, especially in big cities and is often shared with other students.
Food
All universities offer a variety of high quality food service for students for reasonable prices. Cafés and restaurants around the university represent another option for eating out. You can cook your own meal by yourself of course if you want too.
Eating is an important part of social life in Turkey. In addition to traditional Turkish cuisine, one can find different types of food such as fast food and vegetarian food. Every regional Turkish cuisine specialty is worth trying.
Transport
Public transport is very convenient and is available through buses, minibuses (dolmuş) and subways, which is a service available in big cities only. Students are entitled to a special discount for transportation for intra-city and inter-city transportation.
You can use airways or railways to travel inside Turkey, for more information you can visit the following websites:
Turkish Airlines: www.thy.com.tr
Turkish Railways: www.tcdd.gov.tr
Health
Universities in Turkey have some sort of medical centers in their campuses. However, international students are highly recommended to have a valid health insurance policy when they come to Turkey. In case they fell ill, international students may use health services, but they are required to pay for them, and their insurance policy will compensate later. International students are responsible for the costs of hospitalization or for other medical services at the university health care center.
All hospitals have an emergency room open 24 hours a day. Physicians and pharmacies are available at night and weekends.
Libraries
All Turkish universities have libraries in their campuses. Books, electronic journals, audiovisual materials can easily be acquired in most university libraries. However, since all lessons at many universities are delivered in Turkish, books, library sources and references will be in Turkish too.
There are some university libraries such as Middle East Technical University (METU), Hacettepe University, Bilkent University in Ankara, Bosphorus University, ITU (Istanbul Technical University) and Sabanci University in Istanbul, where books and materials are available in English. Computer Facilities are also available in every university in Turkey. You will find computer labs with internet connection to fulfill your needs. All universities provide user codes and passwords for their degree students. Studying and socializing in Turkey is a great opportunity for quality education, but there is more than that.
Turkish cities have lots of historical and cultural sites to visit. If you are interested in arts, there are many options such as going to theaters and cinemas, visiting exhibitions and enjoying festivals. Students may consider joining a variety of clubs and students associations and all this can enrich your life in Turkey. You can see all the features of four seasons, so there are various sports activities you can engage yourself in such as swimming, rafting, boating and skiing. In addition to football, basketball, volleyball and jogging, which are part of the wide range of sports and recreational activities that you can enjoy.
Foreign students will be introduced to a rich culture, a deeply rooted history and a unique natural landscape in addition to a quality education in Turkey. Turkey is one of the best choices for education with its reasonable cost of living and its hospitable people as well as its natural and historical treasures.
Official name: Republic of Turkey
Capital: Ankara
Major Cities: Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Antalya, Konya, Bursa, Kayseri, Samsun, Trabzon, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Kocaeli, Diyarbakır, Sakarya, Mersin and Gaziantep.
Area: 814,578 km
Coast length: 7.200 km
Coastal borders: Mediterranean Sea to the south; Aegean Sea to the west; Black Sea north
Languages: Turkish
Neighbor countries: Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Iraq, Armenia, Iran and Syria
Currency: 1 € = 2,37 TL (Turkish Lira), 1 $ = 1,78 TLT
Population: 74,724,000 (December 31, 2011)
Number of cities: 81
Population growth rate: 1.2%
Life expectancy: 73.7 (Men: 76.1 - Women: 71.5)
Time zone: GMT +2; CET + 1
Official hours: In Turkey, working days are from Monday to Friday. Most banks, government offices and the majority of private companies are open from 09:00 to 17:00.
Drinks: Turkish food is known for being healthy and delicious. (For more information, you can consult the section for food and drinks)
National holidays: There are two types of holidays in Turkey. The first is the national holidays that are held on the same day each year (as January 1, April 23, May 1, August 30, May 19 and October 29) and the other is religious holidays that occur on different days each year according to the lunar calendar.
Water: Tap water is perfectly safe to drink.
Electricity: 220V.
Health: There are international private hospitals and high quality public hospitals in cities and major tourist cities.
Visa: Foreigners visiting Turkey or traveling as tourists can get a visa at the border gates or Turkish embassies in other countries. Some people may be qualified for visa waiver depending on the type of passport they hold. However, if the purpose of the trip is education, research or work, it is mandatory to have an "annotated visa" that should be obtained at Turkish embassies or consulates in the country of origin.
Communication Services: There are 3 GSM operators that have about 95% of the coverage area and each has 3G services. Internet access is available throughout the country.
International telephone code: +90
Advantage of carrying out studies in Ukraine:
ZEDNI Center for Studying Abroad is a Tunisian institution specialized in mediation services in the field of higher education. The Center provides university guidance and counseling services to students who wish to pursue their studies at foreign universities at all levels (Bachelor, Master, Doctorate) in various disciplines (Law, Pharmacy, Medicine, Dentistry, Engineering, Economics, Management, Nursing, Physics, Chemistry, Journalism, Sports, Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Translation, Languages ...). It also provides assistance services including adequate housing and facilitating the integration of students into the foreign country.
The university guidance and counseling phase is the most important stage in the project of the student who wants to continue his studies abroad. This guidance is done by our team and our agents abroad who are in direct contact with the universities we deal with.
Through the direct communication between the student who wishes to pursue his studies at foreign universities and the ZEDNI Center for Studying Abroad, the most appropriate university orientation is obtained, which takes into account several aspects, the most important of which are:
1 - Academic grade: Many universities impose conditions on the academic grade of students to be able to join their specialties in the Bachelor, Master and Doctorate degrees, and ZEDNI Center for Studying Abroad is working to clarify these conditions.
2- The ability to cover the registration fees at foreign institutions: ZEDNI Center for Studying Abroad clarifies the financial aspects related to the cost of studying abroad, which vary according to the universities, the specialization of the training and the study levels.
3- Academic degree equivalence: ZEDNI Center for Studying Abroad is keen on enabling the student to obtain all information related to the equivalence of the academic degree obtained from the foreign university at the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education.
4- The student's ability to afford the cost of living abroad. ZEDNI Center for Studying Abroad provides all information related to the cost of housing, food, drink, transportation and other life necessities that differ from one country to another and sometimes from one city and another in the same country.
Airport Reception:
ZEDNI Center for Studying Abroad provides an airport reception service. The Center provides this service in all the cities where the educational institutions we represent are located so as to facilitate the student's access to his residence and educational institution in the foreign country.
In order to facilitate the reception process, the student is requested to contact the Center and provide us with information about his trip so that he can coordinate with our agents abroad.
Completion of Residence Procedures:
Once the student arrives at the intended destination and completes his / her final registration at the university and the discipline he / she wants, ZEDNI will assist him in completing formal registration procedures at the Immigration Department for the purpose of obtaining the annual residence card.
The annual residence card is granted to students studying abroad for one year and renewed annually until the student finishes his university studies. This card enables him to open bank accounts, travel to and from the country of study without the need to obtain a visa …
To obtain the annual residence card, students are required to observe the following points:
1 - Completion of the final registration at the chosen institution through paying full tuition fees and obtaining the identity of the student.
2 - Completion of the final registration at university or external housing through paying the monthly or annual rent costs and then signing the rent contract.
3 - Completion of the procedures of medical examination in a hospital determined by the Immigration Department through providing the student’s medical tests which prove that the student is free from any intractable or infectious diseases.
4- The student obtains the health insurance policy for at least one year.
Opening a bank account:
ZEDNI helps students to open a bank account abroad, since bank transfers are the most common form of financial exchanges between students and their parents, as they are inexpensive in terms of transfer fees and are not binding in terms of the minimum or maximum amount to be transferred.
In order for the student to open his bank account, he must comply with the following procedures:
1 - Completion of registration at the chosen institution through paying all tuition fees and obtaining the identity of the student.
2 - Completion of registration in the external or university housing through paying the monthly or annual rent costs and then signing the rent contract.
3- Completion of the registration procedures in the Immigration Department and obtaining the annual residency card.
4- The validity of the student's passport for a period of not less than one year.
The registration service at the foreign universities is the second stage in the sequence of services provided by ZEDNI Center for Studying Abroad. After the student receives the university guidance and counseling and obtains all the information concerning the educational institution abroad where he wants to study, and in order for the registration process to be successful, the student is required to observe the following procedures:
1 - To fill out the student data form and deliver it to ZEDNI Center for Studying
Abroad, with emphasis on the integrity of personal data so as to facilitate communication with him later.
2- To provide ZEDNI Center for Studying Abroad with all the required documents mentioned in the website so that the center gives a sworn translator the official documents to translate and sends the student file to the required university in order to obtain the initial or final admission according to the nature of the application and the institution.
3 - ZEDNI Center for Studying Abroad sends an email to the student to confirm the receipt of the student's file.
4 - Once ZEDNI Center for Studying Abroad receives a response from the foreign university, the student is informed by e-mail or telephone.
ZEDNI Center for Studying abroad provides a follow-up and supervision service. The Center helps parents to follow their children's studies abroad through:
1 - Sending all communication information about the educational institution that the student joined to the parents. This will enable them to contact them directly in case of any emergency.
2 - Sending monthly reports on the status of the student to parents, which we get directly from the educational institution regarding the student's behavioral and educational status during his study period.
ZEDNI Center helps to provide students with adequate housing. The Center provides all information related to university housing and also accommodation in the private dormitories which are closest to the university where the student obtains his / her university registration. Our team communicates with these universities and private residences with the aim of booking a student's dormitory before he joins the university institution abroad.
