The Turkish government has announced to offer 100 scholarships for Bangladeshi students.

The announcement came at a meeting between Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen with his counterpart Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara yesterday, a foreign ministry press release said today.

During the meeting, foreign ministers of the two countries discussed issues of mutual interest, the release said.

At that time, when Momen requested to increase the number of scholarships --provided by the Turkish government-- for Bangladeshi students to 100, the Turkish foreign minister agreed to take necessary steps in this regard.

Momen also highlighted the attractive opportunities for foreign investment in Bangladesh and called for increasing Turkish investment in Bangladesh.

Momen invited the Turkish foreign minister to visit Bangladesh on the occasion of the inauguration of the park in Dhaka named after Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey.

The foreign ministers of the two countries also discussed the visit of the Tukey president to Bangladesh next year.