Turkey’s National Education Minister Huseyin Celik said Wednesday that further cooperation with Iran in the field of education was possible.
Minister Celik who is visiting Iran met his Iranian counterpart Alireza Ali-Ahmadi in Tehran.
Celik said during the visit that they were assessing formation of a joint commission on education with Iran.
He said growing relations in economy and trade could make tutoring in Turkish and Persian easier in the two countries.
Celik said there were Persian Studies department in 11 Universities in Turkey while there was only one Turkish studies department in Iran.
He said they wanted Iran to open Turkish studies departments in Tehran and Tabriz Universities noting that Turkey was ready to offer assistance.
Also speaking during the visit Ali-Ahmadi said they were ready to cooperate with Turkey in fields of nuclear energy, aviation, medical science and bio-technology.
Ali-Ahmadi said they declared 2009 Turkey-Iran culture year adding that they were ready to work towards introducing more Turkish classes in Iran.
Later, the two ministers signed a document expressing the will of the two countries for cooperation in education.
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