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The "2016 Turkey Migration Report" published Wednesday shows that international students flock to Turkey for higher education. In 2016, visas were issued for 61,116 new students. In that same period an estimated 795,962 foreign students had already been granted visas and were residing in Turkey. The report has been prepared by the Directorate General of Migration Management, belonging to the Ministry of Interior which is based on data obtained by the Ministry of National Education (MEB), the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) and the Administration for Turks Living Abroad and Related Communities. In rank, Azerbaijan, Syria and Turkmenistan contribute the highest percentage of foreign students coming to Turkey for study. However, the international population of students is further diversified by students coming from Iran , Afghanistan, Iraq, Greece, and Kyrgyzstan. The total number of foreign students enrolled at Turkish universities ...

Additional 140,000 Syrian pupils in state schools among rising numbers ANKARA The number of foreign students in Turkey nearly tripled between 2015 and last year, the migration authority said Thursday. Nearly 670,000 students were being educated in universities, schools and refugee center classrooms in 2016, compared to just over 223,000 the year earlier. The majority last year -- 293,039 -- were taught in refugee camps and 232,714 were pupils at state schools. There were 103,727 foreign university students in Turkey in 2016, around 13,000 more than the previous year. The largest national group of university students was from Azerbaijan (15,036), followed by Syria (14,765) and Turkmenistan (10,642). Foreign state school pupils were overwhelmingly from Syria -- 166,482 last year compared to 22,348 in 2015 -- but another 23,971 Iraqi pupils and 12,782 Afghans also had places in Turkish schools. In temporary refugee camps around the country, mostly Syrian children we...