ISTANBUL: Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) has strengthened Malaysia–Turkiye academic ties through collaborations with two Turkish universities, focusing on joint degree programmes, doctoral research and ship-design studies.
The Letters of Collaboration (LoCs) were exchanged between Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) and Universiti Poly-Tech Malaysia (UPTM) with Sabancı University and Yildiz Technical University (YTU) here.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Mara chairman Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki and newly-appointed Deputy Director-General (Education) Shahrizal Mohd Saderi witnessed the exchange.
Asyraf said the collaborations were among the key initiatives Zahid had driven after Türkiye's Council of Higher Education president Prof Dr Erol Özvar visited Malaysia in April.
