The Embassy of the Republic of Turkey presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya and has the honour to inform the esteemed Ministry about Turkey’s “Public Officials and Academicians Turkish Communication Program-KATIP” offered annually to foreign public officials, academicians and researchers who are willing to learn Turkish and get to know Turkey.
KATIP is a a scholarship program that includes Turkish language education at the Istanbul University Language Center as well as immersion in the Turkish culture through seminars, conferences, visits to official institutions and travel around the country. Participants will be offered two options (6-month and 10-month) for the duration of the program. 6-month program will take place between 11 October 2021 and 10 April 2022 and 10-month program will take place between 11 October 2021-14 August 2022.
The scholarship covers the expenses of Turkish language education, monthly stipend which is 3,000 Turkish Liras (approximately 360 US Dollars), round trip airfare tickets, accommodation expenses, and the cost of all the trips and cultural activities in Turkey. Health insurance costs are to be borne by the participants.
Candidates among public officials are required to have at least three years of work experience in their respective institutions and preferably hold a master’s/doctoral degree. Candidates among academicians are required to be currently employed in an academic institution and have a PhD or at least a PhD candidacy, preferably in social sciences, with research interest in Turkey, General requirements include being no older than 40 years of age as of January 2021 and not benefitting from Turkey Scholarships currently and in the past.
The Embassy invites the Ministry to recommend eligible candidates to the KATIP 2021-2022 Program in the light of the above-mentioned requirements. Following their referral to the Embassy by the Ministry, candidates will submit their online applications no later than 30 June 2021 at “tbbs.turkiyeburslari.gov.tr” by creating a personal account, filling in the relevant sections and uploading required documents.
Only those candidates confirmed by the Embassy will be considered by the KATIP Scholarship Council.
