{"id":87320,"date":"2026-09-19T12:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T12:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/?p=87320"},"modified":"2026-09-19T12:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T12:33:42","slug":"turkiye-pakistan-sign-joint-declaration-to-advance-higher-education-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/19\/turkiye-pakistan-sign-joint-declaration-to-advance-higher-education-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00fcrkiye, Pakistan sign Joint Declaration to advance higher education cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"
Y\u00d6K President Prof. Dr. Erol \u00d6zvar and HEC Chairman Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar sign declaration during four-day visit of Turkish higher education delegation<\/em><\/h6>\n

ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> T\u00fcrkiye and Pakistan have reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening cooperation in higher education, with President of the Council of Higher Education (Y\u00d6K) Prof. Dr. Erol \u00d6zvar and Chairman of Pakistan\u2019s Higher Education Commission (HEC) Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar signing a Joint Declaration on advancing higher education cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n

According to the Embassy of T\u00fcrkiye, Prof. Dr. \u00d6zvar, accompanied by rectors of leading Turkish universities, visited Pakistan from September 13 to 16, 2026, engaging with Pakistan\u2019s higher education leadership and academic community.<\/p>\n

The visit provided an opportunity for senior academic leaders from T\u00fcrkiye and Pakistan to exchange views on strengthening educational and research linkages and developing a shared framework for long-term cooperation between higher education institutions of the two countries.<\/p>\n

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The signing of the Joint Declaration marked an important step towards advancing bilateral cooperation in higher education and expanding academic engagement between T\u00fcrkiye and Pakistan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Turkish Embassy described the partnership as a journey \u201cfrom shared roots to shared knowledge and from shared knowledge to a shared future,\u201d highlighting the longstanding bonds and mutual understanding between the two countries.<\/p>\n

During the visit, the Turkish delegation held engagements with Pakistan\u2019s higher education leadership and academic institutions, with discussions focusing on opportunities for greater institutional collaboration and academic cooperation.<\/p>\n

The Embassy reaffirmed the two countries\u2019 determination to deepen cooperation in higher education and to carry their longstanding ties and mutual affection forward to future generations.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe remain determined to deepen our cooperation in higher education, carrying our exceptional ties and mutual affection into the generations to come,\u201d the Embassy said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Joint Declaration is expected to provide a framework for continued engagement between the higher education sectors of T\u00fcrkiye and Pakistan and further strengthen academic partnerships between institutions in both countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Y\u00d6K President Prof. Dr. Erol \u00d6zvar and HEC Chairman Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar sign declaration during four-day visit of Turkish higher education delegation ISLAMABAD: T\u00fcrkiye and Pakistan have reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening cooperation in higher education, with President of the Council of Higher Education (Y\u00d6K) Prof. Dr. Erol \u00d6zvar and Chairman of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":87321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diplomacy","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87320"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87325,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87320\/revisions\/87325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}