Gaziantep University to Establish Three Faculties in Syria

*Turkey's state post office in Syria's Al-Bab

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According to decrees signed by President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and published in the Official Gazette today (October 4), some faculties, institutes and academies are closed and names of some schools changed.

Erdoğan also signed a decree for three faculties to be founded in Syria. The faculties will be affiliated with the Rectorship of Gaziantep University in Antep, a southeastern city bordering Syria.

The School of Economics and Administrative Sciences will be founded in Al-Bab, the Faculty of Islamic Sciences will be founded in Azaz and the Education Faculty will be founded in Afrin.

Al-Bab Police Station with Turkish and Arabic signs (Photo: AA)

Al-Bab and Azaz have been under Turkey's control since 2017. It captured Kurdish-majority Afrin in early 2018.

Turkey's state post office PTT previously opened a branch in Al-Bab. Turkey also established security departments and schools in the areas under its control. (TP/VK)