The Turkish Fulbright Commission

"Our future is not in the stars but in our own minds and hearts. Creative leadership and liberal education, which in fact go together, are the first requirements for a hopeful future for humankind." 

-- Senator J. William Fulbright, The Price of Empire

The Turkish Fulbright Commission was established by a binational agreement signed between the United States and Turkey in 1949. The Turkish Fulbright Commission supports Turkish and American graduate students, academicians and secondary school teachers through grants which include travel and living expenses and offers educational advising for Turkish students wishing to study in the U.S. 

The Fulbright Program is the U.S. Government's premier scholarship program. It enables U.S. students and artists to benefit from unique resources in every corner of the world and students, teachers, and academics from all over the world to study in the U.S. The Fulbright Program provides all the chance to gain international competence in an increasingly interdependent world. 

The U.S. Congress created the Fulbright Program in 1946, immediately after World War II, to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchanges. Senator J. William Fulbright, sponsor of the legislation, saw it as a step toward building an alternative to armed conflict. The Fulbright 50^th Anniversary Commemoration was celebrated in 1996. 

Since the creation of the Commission in 1949, funding has been provided by the governments of Turkey and the United States.  The Commission also seeks private donations to augment this funding.  The Turkish Fulbright program has supported more than 3000 Turkish and American scholars in its fifty years of existence.  In Turkey, special priority is given to the preparation of staff for teaching in Turkish universities.  Many graduate students have received their M.A., M.S. or Ph.D. degrees in the U.S. and are now teaching in Turkish institutions. American scholars coming to Turkey have made major teaching and research contributions in a variety of disciplines ranging from science and engineering to business to history and literature.  Returning Fulbrighters from both countries occupy important positions in their academic institutions, public service and the private sector.  They maintain ties with their host country, thereby carrying out the goals of the Fulbright Program. 

Fulbright Scholarships to study in the U.S.

Other Scholarships to study in the U.S.

Educational Advising

The Commission provides educational advising in its Ankara and İstanbul offices. Directories, catalogues and CD-ROMs about undergraduate and graduate programs in American universities and colleges are available. Our advising offices offer accurate, comprehensive, objective, and unbiased information about all accredited U.S. higher education institutions in the United States and guidance on how to best access those opportunities. Contact us.

Information and application materials on standardized tests can also be obtained at the Commission's counseling centers or on-line. 

• TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language 
• GRE Graduate Record Examinations 
• GMAT Graduate Management Admission Test 
• SAT Scholastic Assessment Test
• ACT American College Testing
• LSAT Law School Admission Test
• USMLE United States Medical Licensing Examination 

Scholarships to study in Turkey

U.S. citizen senior lecturers, senior research scholars, secondary school teachers and graduate students may apply for scholarships for study in Turkey. For general information on eligibility, please visit the US State Department, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs web site.

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Şehit Ersan Caddesi No: 28-4
Çankaya - ANKARA  06680
TURKEY

Last update: April 21, 2008