1. GENERAL INFORMATION, BASIC PRINCIPLES AND RULES

a)1.1. Exam for Foreign Students for Higher Education in Türkiye (TR-YÖS) has been designed for foreign students wishing to study in Higher Education Institutions in Türkiye. Depending on the results of this exam, they can apply to Turkish Institutions of Higher Education. This exam is developed and administered by the Centre for Assessment, Selection and Placement (ÖSYM). The Council of Higher Education will advise the higher education institutions to use the results of the TR-YÖS Exam, administered by ÖSYM, for the admission of students from abroad.

1.2. The exam will be delivered by ÖSYM on January …….

1.3. The exam will start in all exam halls at 11:15 Türkiye local time. Candidates will be required to complete the exam in 100 minutes. Candidates will not be admitted to the exam buildings after 11.00.

1.4. Individuals meeting the below-mentioned requirements can apply for the exam. Applicants – on condition that they are either in the last year of their secondary education or have completed it – who: a) hold the nationality of a country other than Türkiye (Stateless people and refugees may also apply),

b) originally had Turkish nationally by birth, but have given up their nationality upon the approval of the Turkish Ministry of Domestic Affairs, and those who certify that they have been issued a blue card upon their request, which is given to those who have lost their Turkish citizenship upon their request (Article 7 of the Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901, states that “(1) A child born in or out of Türkiye from a Turkish citizen mother or father in a marriage union is a Turkish citizen.” Therefore, it is recommended that candidates who will apply for admission quotas from abroad study the Turkish Citizenship Law.),

c) are former foreigners who acquired Turkish citizenship/ dual nationals in this situation,

ç) hold TRNC citizenship and reside in the TRNC and have completed secondary education (high school) in the TRNC and have GCEAL exam results, and those who have or will have GCEAL exam results by registering and studying at colleges and high schools in other countries between 2005-2010,

d) hold Turkish citizenship and have completed their secondary education in secondary education schools abroad excluding the TRNC (including those who completed it in Turkish schools opened by the Ministry of National Education in a foreign country other than the TRNC) on the condition that they pursued their secondary education abroad before February 1, 2013 and have completed the last three years of their secondary education (high school) in a foreign country excluding the TRNC, provided that they certify that they had been in the relevant country in the years coinciding with their secondary education period.

Since it is a requirement to have received secondary school education by residing in the relevant country during secondary school education, those who graduated from the Open Education High School Abroad program affiliated to the Ministry of National Education by documenting that they had been in the relevant country in the years corresponding to their high school education will be able to apply for the student admission from abroad, and they will also be able to take the TR-YÖS Exam.

1.5. The exam will be held in Turkish, German, English, French, Russian and Arabic. 2

1.6. TRNC citizens and those who have renounced Turkish citizenship/Blue Card holders, and foreign nationals who will enrol in secondary education schools in Türkiye from the 2022-2023 academic year (excluding embassy schools, international private education institutions in the MOBIS system, and foreign nationals attending secondary education schools in Türkiye as part of projects carried out by the Turkish Ministry of National Education), will be admitted to the higher education institutions in Türkiye only based on the results of the Higher Education Institutions Exam (YKS).

1.7. Methods and principles to be used in student admission to higher education institutions, such as countries’ own national exams, international exams, and exams administered by specific universities, as well as their lowest scores, will be specified in the “Guidelines for Students to be Accepted from Abroad” on the web pages of the relevant higher education institutions. Candidates, who are in their last year of high school or have graduated, who want to receive an associate degree and undergraduate education in Türkiye with their own means within the framework of the quota for student admission from abroad, and who have the application requirements, and results from exams required by individual universities and approved by the Council of Higher Education, will be evaluated by the university if they apply directly to the university with these documents and other documents requested by the university.

1.8. TR-YÖS is valid for 2 years, beginning from the exam date.

1.9. All correspondence between ÖSYM and applicants must be in Turkish or English, and in Latin characters. ÖSYM is not responsible for late deliveries or postal losses of correspondence.

1.10. ÖSYM is not responsible for any housing or maintenance problems of students, nor is it responsible for securing a scholarship or a residence permit.

1.11. A candidate who pays the fee, but does not apply, or whose application is considered invalid/rejected or cancelled, or who does not or cannot take the exam, or who is denied the right to sit the exam or is expelled from the exam hall, or who fails the exam, or who is disqualified for any reason, or who pays for any procedure that does not require payment or makes multiple payments for the same procedure, cannot claim the right to a refund of the fees paid. The responsibility for correct/incorrect payment of fees belongs to the candidate.

1.12. Candidates are responsible for the accuracy of information as to whether they meet the necessary requirements or not. For applicants who provide inaccurate information, the scores they obtain will be deemed invalid.

1.13. Candidates are responsible for the accuracy of all the information they declare. Since the information given by the applicant will be taken as a basis for the application of the exam and the evaluation of the results, the applicant will be responsible for any consequences that may arise due to deficiencies or mistakes in the information written on the Application Forms. Candidates who make false/misleading statements in the Application Form will be disqualified. In the applications made at the Application Centres, the APPROVAL page is printed and given to the candidate to check before the application is completed. Therefore, the responsibility for any mistakes/inaccuracies in the information filled out in the application form by the application centre’s officer belongs to the candidate. If it is determined that a candidate’s statement does not comply with the truth, this candidate will forfeit all their rights from this exam, no matter how much time has passed since the exam.

1.14. In order for the exam results to be considered valid, the candidates must comply with all the rules in this guide, and the exams of the candidates who do not comply with the exam rules will be cancelled. Even after the exam, candidates who are found not to comply with these rules will have their rights arising from the exam results cancelled. Taking the exam and being successful in it does not give the candidates a right that is not included in the law, statute, regulation, and other legislation.