On Thursday, the 13th of October, 2016, Assist. Prof. Dr. Abdulwahab Khalid Mosa, vice president of UOZ for students affairs, and Mr. Juma'a Qadir Mohammed, head of the department of Turkish language at UOZ, visited the university of Urtklo in Turkey. A meeting was held between the two sides in which many important discussions were raised. In addition, on the second day of the visit, the delegation took part in a conference on "uniting and preparing the curriculum of the department of Turkish language." While on the third day, they participated in a workshop with the languages' institution.

In the end, the University of Zakho signed for opening an academic course for 20 students and 3 teachers of Turkish language department. This course will last 15 days and each lecture will take 5 hours.