Turkish universities attracted more than 87 thousand foreign students

ANKARA (Ina) - became universities Turkish focus of attention of foreign students, whose number exceeded during the current academic year , 0.87 thousand students from 181 countries. 
Contributed to Turkey in support of the policy of higher education, as well as the definition, cooperation and common for universities and civil society organizations activities in increasing the number offoreigners who receiving their education in bachelor stages, master, and doctoral degrees in various Turkish universities. 
according to Turkish Higher Education Foundation data, gathered by a reporter Anatolia, the number offoreigners who are receiving education in various Turkish universities, reached 87 thousand and 903 students, from 181 countries during the school year 2015 - 2016, after it was 31 thousand and 170 students in the academic year 2011 - 2012 
showed enterprise data, the number of foreign students, saw an increase of 182 percent over the last five years, up to 87 thousand and 903 students, of whom 60 thousand and 156 male, the other female. 
the information, to register 23 thousand and 614 students in Turkish universities, during the academic year 2015 - 2016 
students Azeris and comes at the top of the list of foreign students in various universities of Turkey, where the number reached 12 thousand and 504 students, followed by Turkmanstaon 9 thousand and 903 students. the 
students occupying the Syrians third place with 9 thousand and 689, followed by Iranian students 5K and 661 students, then Iraq with 4 thousand and 414, while Afghanistan occupies sixth place in terms of the Turkish universities , the number of students 4 thousand and 338, then Kyrgyzstan thousand and 994 students. 
students Greeks and comes in ranked eighth thousand and 993 students, followed by Kazakhs thousand and 668 students. 
the number of Chinese in Turkish universities thousand and 297 students, and the Russians thousand and 283, and the Germans 722 and US 334, and the French 131, and the British 115, and Japanese 34 students.  
and occupies Istanbul universities in the first place among other Turkish States , which is frequented bystudents, where the number of foreign students in which 24 thousand and 343 students.