The government of Turkey is using the recent third Turkey–Africa summit as a springboard to attracting more African students to its universities.

Turkey's Council of Higher Education (YÖK) has announced that limitations on the number of international students accepted to study at Turkish universities have been abolished, allowing universities to expand their 50% quota.

Turkish students who study abroad must now study at a top-500 ranked university or take the domestic university entrance exam, under new regulations put in place by the Higher Education Council of Turkey.