KU, Turk delegation discusses establishing Turkish department.

KARACHI -- A two-member delegation from Turkiye educational institutions discussed the possibility of establishing a Turkish department at the University of Karachi.

The proposed department would offer the Turkish language and educate students about Turkish cultural values, literature Turkiye history, and other aspects of the modern and old Turkiye said a statement on Friday.

The head of the Urdu Department at Istanbul University Professor Dr. Halil Toker, and Vice President of Yunus Emre Institute Assistant Professor Dr. Abdullah Kutalmis Yalcin visited the University of Karachi on Thursday.

They met the KU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Khalid Mahmood Iraqi at the VC Office. The Dean of Arts and Social Sciences Professor Dr. Nusrat Idrees was also present.

Dr. Abdullah Kutalmis Yalcin expressed that he is confident that this project would manage to get the attention of a large number of students and they will take it with great interest. He shared that they are also interested in launching Turkish language certificate and diploma courses for KU students.

Professor Dr. Halil Toker informed the KU VC Professor, Dr. Khalid Iraqi, that a large number of Pakistani students are now going to Turkiye for studies but as they do not have any background regarding the language and because they have not completed the language certificate which is mandatory for studies anywhere in Turkiye, they have to spend at least a year in studying Turkish...