2026_Criteria

Application Criteria
 

Application Period of Preferences for International Students:	04-22 May 2026 (until Turkish Time Zone 17:00)
Competency Exam Dates:15-17 June 2026 Applicants to have the exam will be informed via e-mail.

Application Criteria

a) All applications will be accepted and evaluated on condition that the applicants have either graduated or are in the final year of secondary education (high school, senior high school, lycee, gymnasia, middle school, college, vocational school etc.)  and who:

1.  have foreign nationality, (on the condition that they are not currently studying in secondary education [high school] in Turkey and/or have not graduated from any high school in Turkey [except the foreigners who come to our country with the project which is carried out by embassy schools, International private institutions that are in the MOBIS system and Ministry of National Education]

2. have had Turkish citizenship by birth but have expatriated themselves through Ministy of Internal Affairs’ permission and those who proved (document) that they have acquired “Mavi Kart” which is provided by demand to those who have expatriated themselves from the Turkish citizenship (on the condition that they are not currently studying in secondary education [high school] in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and/or have not graduated from any high school in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus). (Turkish Citizenship Law with number 5901, clause 7 comprises the following statement: “(1) Child born from a Turkish citizen mother or father in a conjugal union inside or outside of Türkiye is a Turkish citizen.” It should be beneficial for candidates who will apply to abroad acceptance quota to examine the Turkish Citizenship Law)
The pages to visit regarding this issue: http://www.mfa.gov.tr/mavi-kart-_eski-pembe-kart_-uygulamasi-.tr.mfa http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2009/06/20090612-1.htm )

3. have gained citizenship of Turkish Republic later from a foreign citizenship or have double citizenship in this case (on the condition that they are not currently studying in secondary education [high school] in Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and/or have not graduated from any high school in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

4. have Turkish citizensip but completed their entire secondary education (high school) in a foreign country, except for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (including those who have completed their entire secondary education (high school) at Turkish schools established abroad under the supervision of the Ministry of National Education)

5. have Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus citizenship, reside in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and completed their secondary education in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus having GCE AL examination results and enrolled and had their secondary education at colleges and high schools in other countries between 2005 and 2010 having GCE AL examination results or will possibly have one of these results or have Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus citizenship and have completed their entire secondary education (high school) in a foreign country having TR-YÖS examination result



b) Applications for the following individuals will not be accepted. The applicants who;

1. have Turkish Citizenship and completed all of the secondary education (high school) in Türkiye or the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus,

2. have Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus citizenship (except the ones who completed their secondary education in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus secondary schools having GCE AL examination results and the ones who enrolled and had education at college and high schools in other countries between 2005 and 2010 having GCE AL scores or will possibly have one of these results or have Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus citizenship and have completed their entire secondary education (high school) in a foreign country having TR-YÖS examination result),

3. have double citizenships, (first of which is Turkish citizenship with birth which is defined at the article “a” act “2”, except the ones who fulfil the conditions in the article “a” and act “4”),

4. have double citizenships, one of which is Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus citizenship (except the ones who completed their secondary education in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus having GCE AL examination results and the ones who completed their secondary education at college and high schools in other countries between 2005 and 2010 having GCE AL scores or will possibly have one of these results or hold Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus citizenship and have completed their entire secondary education (high school) in a foreign country having TR-YÖS examination result),

5. have Turkish citizenship or double citizenships (first of which is Turkish citizenship with birth which is defined at the ithe article “a” act “2”) and graduated from secondary schools which are within the constitution of certain embassies in Türkiye or at foreign secondary schools in Türkiye
 
6. a) are citizens of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus or former Turkish citizens who have expatriated themselves (including those who have “Mavi Kart”) who are currently studying in secondary education (high school) in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus


Application Procedures

1. Applications are made within the dates specified in the announcement as online. Candidates are required to upload the necessary documents to the application website. 

2. Applications with missing documents will not be processed.

3. Any application of candidates, who make more than one application in the same application period and make different preferences in each application, is not taken into consideration. For applicants, whose preferences are the same but in  different orders, the first application they have made will be evaluated.

4. Exams as secondary school graduation has no time limitation while exams as university entrance examination are valid for 2 (two) years.
 


Required Application Documents

1. The original secondary education diploma or an official document stating the upcoming graduation date issued by their school for applicants who have not graduated yet (and its translated copy in Turkish or English, approved by a Notary Office or Embassy / Consulates of Republic of Türkiye),

If your exam document is your graduation certificate: You should either upload your equivalency certificate or the original examination result form taken as a basis in placements and showing the score and its Turkish or English translation, approved by a Notary Office or Embassy / Consulates of Republic of Türkiye. All the documents taken abroad are to be either Apostilled or approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.) If this confirmation stamp is behind your document, you have to upload the backside as well.

2. The original document indicating the graduation grade point average (GPA) and its Turkish or English translation, approved by a Notary Office or Embassy / Consulates of Republic of Türkiye,

3. The copy of the passport,

4. 1 passport photo,

5. The original examination result form and its Turkish or English translation, approved by a Notary Office or Embassy / Consulates of Republic of Türkiye, (Accepted examination scores)

The original examination result form taken as a basis in placements and showing the score and its Turkish or English translation, approved by a Notary Office or Embassy / Consulates of Republic of Türkiye. All the documents taken abroad are to be either Apostilled or approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.) If this confirmation stamp is behind your document, you have to upload the backside as well. 

6. The document for the applicants who have Turkish citizenship by birth but have expatriated themselves from Turkish citizenship with the permission of the Ministry of Interior and and their underage children registered on these people’s citizenship expatriation document, providing evidence of ownership of the Document Concerning the Use of Given Rights in accordance with Turkish Citizenship Law  number 5203
The pages to visit regarding this issue: http://www.mfa.gov.tr/mavi-kart-_eski-pembe-kart_-uygulamasi-.tr.mfa http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2009/06/20090612-1.htm )

7. Certificate of identity register showing the date of obtaining Turkish citizenship for the applicants (holding double citizenship) who were foreign nationals at birth and later became Turkish citizens,

8. Certificate of “Name Equivalency” for the applicants who have double names,

9. The "Entry/Exit Document" covering the period of secondary education for the citizens of Turkish Republic who have completed their secondary education abroad,  (Those who have dual nationality are also obliged to submit the "Entry/Exit Document" for their other citizenships.)

International Student (Offered) Quota for 2026-2027 Academic Year 
 

Applicants need to upload the required documents to the Online Application Form given below.