Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University is an international and autonomous mutual state university of the Republics of Turkey and Kazakhstan. The foundations of the University were first laid under the name of Turkistan State University a short time before the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics upon the decision of Nursultan NAZARBAYEV, the President of Kazakhstan, dated June 6, 1991. The basic mission of the University was determined as “improving the city of Turkistan, the historical science and culture centre of the Central Asia.” “Agreement on Founding Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University in the city of Turkistan” was signed between the governments of two countries at The Summit of The Presidents of Turkish-Speaking Countries on October 31, 1992 in Ankara. The agreement became effective after it was endorsed by the Act No. 3904 enacted on April 29, 1993 by the Turkish Grand National Assembly, and it was published in the 21571st issue of the Official Gazette, dated May 4, 1993. Akhmet Yassawi University has 10 faculties and one school of higher education, and it has more than 12.000 students and 900 academicians in our university. The Presidency of the Board of Trustees continues to operate in its building in Ankara. Similarly, the coordination of Distance Education of Turkey-Turkish Programs (TURTEP), Turkistan Faculty of Distance Education is carried out by the units in Ankara.