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AGENCY Q&A AGENCY OF THE

MONTH

INDUSTRY SPEAKS This month, Language

Kingdom https://
Osman Yilmaz, President of YEDAB, talks about lkidiomas.com in Spain,
growing its bilateral partnerships and a Italy and the US, has
national media campaign to raise awareness been recommended
of visa related challenges affecting member by Churchill House
business in Türkiye. School of English Language www.
churchillhouse.com in the UK. Blanca
Kenny, explains why.

Blanca Kenny

“We’ve been working
with Language Kingdom very suc-
cessfully for more than 15 years. Our
https://yedab.org.tr partnership has gone from strength
info@yedab.org.tr to strength. We value enormously
their integrity and professionalism.
Number of members: 120 Their main priority is the safety and
Types of members: Türkiye-based outbound agencies welfare of their students, which is
also a prime concern for Churchill
House. Our open communication is
What has YEDAB been up to over the last 12 months? key to our mutual success. We have
YEDAB continued its active role in promoting professionalism and ethical established such a brilliant partner-
standards in Türkiye’s international education sector. YEDAB has held regular ship to trust each other fully. They
agency briefing meetings in collaboration with the British Council, helping are a top agency, and we thoroughly
members stay informed on policy updates, market intelligence, and oppor- enjoy working with them.”
tunities—particularly in the UK. Our members have actively participated in
major global education events such as Eurasia 2024/2025, and Eurie Connect
2025. We also held our 7th Annual General Assembly in January, during which
a new executive board was unanimously elected. Additionally, YEDAB was Ramón Villa
invited by the British Embassy’s Department for Business and Trade to co- Menendez, Lan-
organise a webinar aimed at introducing UK education institutions to Turkish guage Kingdom,
agents. This collaboration continues to grow and has opened new pathways Spain, Italy & USA
for bilateral partnerships. We also signed an MoU with English UK, establish-
ing a strategic framework for mutual cooperation, including shared data, “For over 16 years, we’ve had the
event promotion, and collaboration on research and quality standards. privilege of collaborating with
Churchill House, and we couldn’t
What challenges are members currently experiencing? be happier with all we have accom-
Visa-related challenges remain the most pressing issue. Due to ongoing and plished together. We want to extend
unresolved visa processing issues, no students have been accepted into the our special thanks to Rex and Blanca
Ireland Work and Study program in the past year. In response, YEDAB launched for their tireless work and dedica-
a national campaign titled “Eğitim Vizemi Şimdi İstiyorum” (“I Want My tion, essential to the success of
Student Visa Now”) to raise awareness of the issue and advocate for faster our partnership. This recognition

visa processing. The campaign received wide coverage in the Turkish media reflects the joint effort we’ve put
and has helped bring the issue onto the national policy agenda. in over the years. We firmly believe

our relationship is a model to follow
Read more at: https://studytravel.network/magazine/issues/858 between agencies and schools.”
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