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Travel / Re: Are You Planning To Study In Turkey? Pls Lets Meet Here! by acidflux: 5:14am On Jan 11, 2012
My brother transferred from unilag to bogazici university in Instanbul. It's a highly ranked american university (they teach in english) in Turkey so they tuition is fairly expensive (Think going to BIS, secondary school in Nigeria).
The higher ranked universities are also expensive (although not as much) but be prepared to
1) Go to the country early and learn the language before school starts if it's not an english university
2) They don't have much as far as jobs, at least for internationals. At best, you will probably make enough to live (rent+food)
3) You probably won't be finding scholarships lying around, be prepared to cough out some dough.
4) For countries that are not very westernized and don't speak english (read not america or UK), trust me, you don't want to get stuck there not going to school. It's harder to get jobs because you're a foreigner and more alone. There's usually bits of the racial discrimination (didn't experience any in turkey) and immigration/police will not be so kind.
5) The application process may be a long thing because of the language barrier and some of the universities don't have a strong internet presence.

I'm not trying to be pessimistic, just setting worst case expectations so you tie your shoes if you want to run this race.

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