APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Applicants Eligible for Admission Must:
a) Be in the final year of high school or have graduated;
- Foreign nationals, provided that they have enrolled before the 2022-2023 academic year in secondary education (high school) institutions in Turkey [excluding foreign nationals enrolled in embassy schools, international private educational institutions listed in the MOBIS system, and those brought to our country within the framework of projects conducted by the Ministry of National Education])
- Be individuals who, having been born Turkish citizens and having renounced Turkish citizenship with the permission of the Ministry of Interior, can provide proof of holding a blue card if they have lost Turkish citizenship (provided they have enrolled before the 2022-2023 academic year in secondary education (high school) institutions in Turkey) (It should be noted that Article 7 of Law No. 5901 on Turkish Citizenship states: "(1) A child born in or out of wedlock to a Turkish citizen mother or father, in Turkey or abroad, is a Turkish citizen." Therefore, candidates applying for admission quotas from abroad may find it beneficial to review the Turkish Citizenship Law.)
- Be individuals who have acquired Turkish citizenship through naturalization after being foreign nationals / dual citizens in this situation (provided they have enrolled before the 2022-2023 academic year in secondary education (high school) institutions in Turkey)
- Be Turkish citizens who have completed their secondary education (high school) entirely in a foreign country other than the TRNC (including those who have completed their secondary education [high school] in Turkish schools opened by the Ministry of Education outside the TRNC)
- Be citizens of the TRNC who reside in the TRNC and have completed their secondary education (high school) in the TRNC, or individuals who have enrolled in colleges and high schools in other countries between 2005-2010 and obtained or will obtain GCE AL exam results.
2. Applicants Not Eligible for Admission:
b) Applicants who:
- Are Turkish citizens and have completed their secondary education (high school) entirely in Turkey or the TRNC;
- Are citizens of the TRNC, except those who have completed their secondary education (high school) in TRNC schools and have GCE AL exam results or those who have enrolled in colleges and high schools in other countries between 2005-2010 and have obtained or will obtain GCE AL exam results;
- Are dual citizens with Turkish citizenship as their first citizenship, as defined in item 2 of subsection (a), except those who meet the conditions in item 4 of subsection (a);
- Are dual citizens with one of their citizenships being TRNC, except those who have completed their secondary education (high school) in TRNC schools and have GCE AL exam results or those who have enrolled in colleges and high schools in other countries between 2005-2010 and have obtained or will obtain GCE AL exam results;
- Are Turkish citizens who have studied in schools within the embassies in Turkey or foreign schools in Turkey, or dual citizens with Turkish citizenship as their first citizenship, as defined in item 2 of subsection (a);
- Are citizens of the TRNC who will enroll in secondary education institutions in Turkey as of the 2022-2023 academic year and those who have renounced Turkish citizenship/blue card holders along with foreign nationals (excluding foreign nationals brought to our country within the framework of projects conducted by the Ministry of National Education, embassy schools, and international private educational institutions listed in the MOBIS system);
- Have been found to engage in irregular activities in exams conducted by OSYM or other universities in previous years;
- Individuals who have engaged in activities against the Republic of Turkey or have had their Turkish citizenship revoked as a sanction will not be accepted.
For applicants applying for admission quotas from abroad, who are dual citizens with one being Turkish citizenship, or Turkish citizens, if their entire high school education is completed in foreign schools (excluding TRNC schools):
- Applications of candidates who have received diplomas from a foreign high school through distance education without being physically present abroad will not be accepted within the framework of admission quotas from abroad.
- Applications of candidates with diplomas obtained from a foreign high school through formal education, where the duration spent in the respective country does not support the completion of high school education through formal means, will not be processed within the framework of admission quotas from abroad. Even if registrations have been made, the established process will be canceled, and the registrations of the individuals concerned will be deleted.