Nuh Yılmaz, Türkiye’s ambassador to Syria, received high school students from the southeastern Turkish provinces of Batman, Siirt and Şırnak at the Turkish Embassy in Damascus. The students were visiting as part of the cultural programme “Brotherhood Journey from Anatolia to the Levant,” organised for the first time by Türkiye’s Ministry of Interior.
During the meeting, the students shared their impressions and feelings about Syria and Damascus, saying the visit had given them an opportunity to learn about and explore the shared cultural and civilisational heritage of Türkiye and Syria firsthand.

The programme comes amid growing contacts between the two countries. Yılmaz recently discussed reconstruction and the preservation of historical artefacts with the governor of Damascus, while Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa took part this week in the COP31 leaders’ summit hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Antalya.