The president of Yarmouk University, Dr. Zeidan Kafafi, met with a delegation from the Turkish University of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf. The delegation included Dr. Bedia Tekin and Dr. Anis Mansour from the University's Department of International Relations.  Means and ways of cooperation between the two sides were discussed.

Kafafi expressed the interest of YU to strengthen cooperation with various Turkish higher education institutions to serve the educational process. He reviewed the majors of the various degrees that Yarmouk offers, pointing to the Arabic Program for the Speakers of Other Languages, offered by the Languages Center, which enjoys a good reputation and attracts many students from all over the world on annual basis.

Kafafi also stressed the importance of continuing cooperation between the two universities in terms of students and faculty exchange. He also pointed that YU students who study Turkish can benefit from the Turkish School Program, which the University of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf offers during the summer semester to improve their Turkish language.

For their part, the members of the delegation expressed their university's desire to strengthen cooperation with YU, which enjoys a distinctive academic reputation in the region, through students and faculty exchange programs in the fields of Islamic Sharia, Arabic language, among others.

The meeting was attended by Vice president, Dr. Fawwaz Al-Abed Al-Haq, dean of faculty of Sharia and Islamic studies, dean of the faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology, dean of Scientific Research and Graduate studies, Director of Public Relations, and Dr. Ayman Hayajneh from the Faculty of Arts.