Some Nigerian students studying in private Turkish universities have been transferred to public schools owing to the closure of their institutions as a result of the failed coup in the country.
Hakan Cakil, Turkish ambassador to Nigeria, disclosed this, saying the students will pay little or no tuition in their new place of study.
“All students affected by the closure have been moved to public varsities nearest to them,” Bem Goong, deputy director of press and public relations in the ministry of education, quoted Cakil as saying.
“No Nigerian student would be allowed to suffer the effects of the closure… Any student electing to return to Nigeria will be doing so as a matter of choice.”
Turkey has accused Fethullah Gullen, a US-based cleric, of being behind the botched coup, demanding his extradition.
The Turkish government also called on the Nigerian government to shut down 17 Turkish schools over their alleged links to Gullen’s movement.
According to the Turkish government, the replacement schools for the affected students are:
1 – Students from Bursa Orhangazi University will be transferred to Bursa Teknic University.
2 – Students from Canik Basan University will be transferred Ondokuz Mayis University.
3 – Students from Faith University (excluding Medical Faculty and Health Care Vocational School) will be transferred to Istanbul University, Students from Medical Faculty and Health Care Vocational School will be transferred to Bezmialem Vakif University.
4 – Students from Gezi University (excluding Law Students) will be transferred to Izmir Katip Celebi University, the Law Students will be transferred to Dokuz Eylul University.
5 – Students from Ipek University will be transferred to Social Science University of Ankara.
6 – Students from Izmir University will be transferred to Dukuz Eylul University.
7 – Students from Meliksah University will be transferred to Erciyes University.
8 – Students from Meviana University (excluding Faculty of education) will be transferred to Seicuk University, Students of Faculty of Education to Necmettin Erbakan University.
9 – Students from Murat Hudavendigar University will be transferred Instanbul University.
10 – Students from Selehaddin Eyyubi University will be transferred to Dicle University.
11 – Students from Sifa University will be transferred to Ege University.
12 – Students from Suleyman Sah University will be transferred to Istanbul Medeniyet University.
13 – Students from Turgut Ozal University will be transferred to Yildirim Beyazit University.
14 – Students from Zirve University will be transferred to Geziantep University.