The teaching has been running for months, around 130 students have already enrolled, now there was the official ceremony: President Gauck and his Turkish counterpart Gül opened the Turkish-German University in Istanbul.

President Joachim Gauck and the Turkish President Abdullah Gül opened the Turkish – German University in Istanbul . Your teaching the college has , however, been taken to the last winter semester , solemnly proclaimed was already a year ago.

Gauck honored at the ceremony now the university as a ” new chapter in the scientific relations between the two countries .” This means that the close economic relations between Germany and Turkey could be further intensified , Gauck said on the last day of his state visit . He was accompanied in Istanbul by Minister of Science Johanna Wanka ( CDU).
Gul, who stresses after the critical words Gauck to the address of the Turkish government on the eve friendly showed recalled that about 5,000 companies are active with German capital in Turkey. Three million people of Turkish origin living in Germany , five million German tourists visited Turkey every year. The new university should be an ” elite university “, which will also train managers for German – Turkish company .

The beginning of the teaching activities in Istanbul had been delayed since the start of the 2006 plans again and again. In September last year the first students were welcomed. About 130 university students have enrolled for the Bachelor’s degree programs Jura , Mechatronics and Business Management . Sometime should learn at the university in Istanbul around 5000 students. Ten percent of the seats are provided according to the rector Halil Akkanat for foreign students , including German .

The TDU is legally a Turkish university , because Turkey has also made the land available and takes over the bulk of the cost . Germany has assumed the costs for the planning of courses , among others , and will pay for German teachers. Tuition fees , it should not be.

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