Clarification due to information in media

It has emerged in Turkish and Swedish media that a person has applied for an internship. In connection with the refusal of the request connections were made to Sweden`s Nato application.

Our university should treat everyone equally and respectfully and do not accept discrimination on any ground.

The university receives a great deal of inquiries from students interested in visiting us as interns. Unfortunately, we are unable to receive everyone, but expect that any request is responded to in a professional manner. In this case, an employee expressed himself in an unprofessional and unacceptable manner and as soon as we learnt about this issue we acted and handled it according to our routines. The employee in question is deeply regretful and realizes that he handled this issue incorrectly.

The university has also urgently apologized to the person and has already in December last year offered help in trying to find another internship at our university.