Türkiye: Cities

Istanbul

Home of Boğaziçi, Koç, Sabancı, İTÜ and Istanbul University (all in this dataset). Sabancı's Fall 2026-27 undergraduate dormitory tariff is 229,650-380,950 TL per year (Tuzla campus); Boğaziçi houses about 45% of undergraduates on campus and guarantees first-year housing to international degree students whose families live outside Istanbul. Istanbul University reports 669 programmes and 420,506 undergraduate+graduate students including distance learners (22 Oct 2026). Population and city-wide cost figures: null (TÜİK page not retrievable).

Ankara

Home of METU, Bilkent and Hacettepe. METU's 2026 estimate for Ankara: roughly 12,000-18,000 TRY per month with campus dormitory and economical lifestyle, 20,000-35,000 in a shared flat, 40,000+ living alone; student monthly transit pass 400-600 TRY; Ankara-Istanbul high-speed train 600-1,000 TRY. Bilkent Fall 2026-27 dormitory tariff 51,600-198,000 TL per person per semester depending on room type. The Ankara Provincial Migration Directorate handles student residence permits for these universities.

Izmir

Home of Ege University (Bornova campus), which offers English-taught Computer, Electrical-Electronics, Mechanical, Civil, Chemical and Food Engineering and Economics through the foreign-student quota (10 seats each except Civil 5). Ege's 2026-27 academic calendar: fall classes from 14 Sep 2026, spring from 8 Feb 2027. City-level cost and population figures: null.