About Us

Our activities – in arts, science, sport, English teaching, climate change and education – create stronger relations, greater trust and understanding between Turkey and the UK.

 The connection through cultural relations builds trust and understanding. It supports the international networks and joint cooperation needed to tackle some of the global challenges facing us all, from economic crises to climate change. Cultural relations can help us find ways of living together, as global citizens, for a better future for all.

The British Council is the UK’s main cultural relations agency, and has been working in Turkey continuously since 1940. Our work gives people – both in Turkey and the UK – opportunities to learn, share and connect worldwide.

Many people each year learn English and go to study in the UK through the British Council. We connect many more through academic and cultural links in, and through community-building activities in areas like higher education partnerships, school-linking, climate change, science and entrepreneurship.