AFRIN, Syria

Following Turkish military operations clearing areas in northern Syria from terrorists, a university in a Turkish border region has set to offer education in the liberated areas.

Gaziantep University, located in the southeastern Turkish province of the same name, established faculties in Syria’s al-Bab, Azaz, Afrin and Jarabulus provinces to enable Syrian students to continue their higher education.

Maintaining a higher education is one of the most important signals of normalization of daily life after a war, Halil Ibrahim Ilgi, a researcher at the Faculty of Education in Afrin, told Anadolu Agency.

“Students who were accepted to the

Read more: Turkish university offering education in northern Syria