Hyderabad based Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) has announced the cancellation of its academic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Yunus Emre Institute, Turkey, with immediate effect.
The decision was taken as a mark of protest against Turkey's support for Pakistan during the recent conflict with the neighbouring country following the horrific Pahalgam terrorist attack.
It may be pointed out that on January 2, 2024, MANUU signed an MoU with Yunus Emre Institute, Turkey, for a period of five years, under which a diploma in Turkish language was started at the School of Languages, Linguistics and Indology at MANUU.
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Services of a Visiting Professor were hired for this. The visiting Professor from Turkey has already returned to his country.
MANUU is a Central University established by an Act of Parliament in 1998. The headquarters and main campus of MANUU is located in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, spread over an area of 200 acres.
The University is named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the freedom fighter and outstanding scholar, who as the first Education Minister of Independent India envisioned and laid the foundation of technical, scientific and higher education in India.