About Alternatif Education Counselling
Alternatif Education Counselling Services (Alternatif ECS) was founded in 1998 and is one of Turkey's longest-established overseas education consultancies, based at Taksim Square in Istanbul with additional offices in Izmir and Ankara. The agency offers free counselling across language schools, university and college programmes, private and boarding schools, summer camps, and gap year placements, staffed by counsellors with first-hand international study experience. Alternatif ECS also operates dilokulu.com, Turkey's largest Turkish-language portal for researching overseas language schools, launched in April 2000.
Our research
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How Alternatif Education Counselling get paid
Alternatif Education Counselling does not charge students a placement fee. Like most education agents, it is paid a commission by the universities it places students into. That does not make its advice bad — but the agent is paid by the institution, not by you, so it has more financial reason to recommend a partner university than a non-partner one. Ask which universities it represents, and whether your shortlist is on that list.
Who it suits
- ▸Turkish language learners
- ▸University-bound Turkish students
- ▸Families seeking boarding school placements
- ▸Summer camp and gap year seekers
What they do
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The bottom line
Alternatif ECS is one of Turkey's most experienced and credible overseas education consultancies with over 25 years of continuous operation and QEAC-accredited staff. The free comprehensive service, multi-city office presence, and operation of Turkey's largest language school research portal make it a solid choice for Turkish students. Limited public information on placement statistics and a non-browsable website make it harder to assess current scale, but the established track record and professional accreditation suggest genuine experience and professionalism.
