Students of the MA Middle Eastern Studies, specialisation Turkish Studies may opt to spend their second (in most cases Spring) semester in Turkey. Students who want to go to Turkey in the Spring of 2013 need to apply as soon as possible and will get more information on the application procedure immediately after the introductory meeting at September 3, 2012, 10-11.15 hs in room VRIESH4/008A.
Leiden University, Department of Turkish Studies has Erasmus agreements with the following universities in Turkey:
- Istanbul Bosphorus University, Department of Turkish Language and Literature and The Atatürk Institute for Modern History ; 
- Ankara Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Middle Eastern Studies programme 
Contact person for Erasmus exchanges:
Ms. Huizinga-Coolen
 P.N. van Eyckhof 4, k. 002B
 tel.: +31 (0)71 527 3293
 Fax: +31 (0) 71 527 4169
 Office hours: Wednesdays, 9.30-11.00 hs (without appointment) and Tuesdays, 9.30-11.00 hs (only after appointment by phone or email).
