ELIGIBILITY FOR APPLICATION
International students are admitted to the institutions of higher education in Türkiye on condition that applicants fulfill the requirements for student admission determined by the relevant institution of higher education and approved by the Council of Higher Education.
a)Who Can Apply?
Students who have graduated from an institution equivalent to Turkish high schools or are in their senior year of high school may apply to the undergraduate programs if they fulfill one of the following criteria:
1) Students with foreign nationality
2) holds a foreign nationality, is a Turkish citizen by birth but by courtesy of the Ministry of Interior, has ceased to be a Turkish citizen, or was registered as a minor on the document indicating that the parent has relinquished Turkish citizenship and who can certify that he/she holds an official document regarding the use of rights granted by Turkish Citizenship Law (According to Article 7 of the 5901 Turkish Citizenship Law, (1) “Children born to married Turkish parents, in Turkey or abroad, are considered as Turkish Citizens.” Applicants who apply from abroad should refer to the Turkish Citizenship Law)
3) is a foreign national who has taken Turkish /dual citizenship within this context
4) Turkish citizens who have completed their entire secondary education (high school) abroad other than the TRNC (including those who have completed their entire secondary education (high school) in Turkish schools established abroad under the Ministry of National Education of Turkey, except in the TRNC).
5) TRNC citizens who enrolled in high schools abroad (except in Türkiye and in TRNC) between 2005-2010 and who have taken/will take the GCE AL exam or TRNC citizens who have completed their secondary education in a foreign country and who have a TR-YÖS result.
b)Who Cannot Apply?
1.have Turkish citizenship and have completed their entire high school education in Türkiye or in TRNC
2. TRNC citizens (excluding those who have completed their entire secondary education (high school) in TRNC high schools and have GCE AL exam results, those who enrolled in and studied at colleges and high schools in other countries between 2005 and 2010 and have obtained or will obtain GCE AL exam results, or those who have completed their entire secondary education (high school) in a foreign country and have a TR-YÖS result)
3. have dual citizenship but whose first citizenship is Turkish as defined in Clause 2 of Article a (excluding those who satisfy conditions in Clause 4 of Article a)
4. have TRNC citizenship as one of their dual nationalities (excluding those with a high school diploma from TRNC and have taken the GCE AL exam or a TRNC citizen with a high school diploma from a country other than TRNC between 2005-2010 and have taken, or are planning to take, the GCE AL exam)
5. hold Turkish Nationality or were born into Turkish Nationality first but who also possess a second nationality according to Clause 2 of Article a, who have studied in high schools belonging to Foreign Embassies or studied in international high schools in Turkey.
6. TRNC citizens, former Turkish citizens/Blue Card holders, and foreign nationals who will enroll in secondary education institutions in Türkiye starting from the 2022-2023 academic year (excluding embassy schools, international private education institutions listed in the MOBİS system, and foreign nationals brought to Türkiye within the framework of projects conducted by the Ministry of National Education).
