After receiving an international scholarship at the University of Sakaria in Turkey and fulfilling all the requirements of higher education successfully, the lecturer in the History Department-Faculty of Arts, Fakhir Ali Ababaker, got PhD degree.

 Mr. Fakhir's PhD thesis was entitled "The National Movements of the Ottoman Empire: The States of Mosul, Baghdad and Basra as Example, 1908-1918". After the discussion by the jury committee, the thesis was accepted as it was, and the committee decided to award a PhD degree to the candidate.

Finally, it is worth to say that among hundreds of applicants, Mr. Fakhir was granted the Sakaria University's  scholarship.