Application Period

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,

2. have Turkish citizenship by birth but have expatriated themselves from Turkish citizenship with the permission of the Ministry of Interior, 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 (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 Turkey is a Turkish citizen.” It should be beneficial for candidates who will apply to abroad acceptance quota to examine the Turkish Citizenship Law)

3. gain citizenship of Turkish Republic later from a foreign citizenship / hold double citizenship in this case,

4. hold Turkish citizenship and completed all of the secondary education in a foreign country except the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (including the candidates who completed all of the secondary education at a Turkish school in a foreign country except the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus),

5. hold 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.

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

1. hold Turkish Citizenship and completed all of the secondary education in Turkey or Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus,

2. hold 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),

3. hold double citizenships, first of which is Turkish citizenship with birth which is defined at the item a clause numbered 2 (except the ones who completed all of their secondary education in a foreign country except Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus / completed all of the secondary education at a Turkish school in a foreign country except the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus),

4. hold 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),

5. hold Turkish citizenship or double citizenships first of which is Turkish citizenship with birth which is defined at the item a, clause numbered 2 and graduated from secondary schools as a part of the embassies in Turkey or at foreign secondary schools in Turkey

Application Procedures

1. Applications are made within the dates specified in the announcement to the “International Relations Office” in person or online or via regular mail. (E-mails will not be accepted). Those who apply online should upload the necessary documents to the application website. Those who apply via regular mail or in person should fill in the application form online and apply with this form together with other necessary documents. Among applications made both online and via regular mail, the regular mail applications will be processed.

2. Applications received after the deadline due to the postal delays will not be processed.

3. Applications with missing documents will not be processed.

4. Application fee is nonrefundable in case of withdrawn or rejected applications.

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

* The applicants who have registered in our university in 2014-2015 Academic year cannot apply for the additional preferences period.

Required Application Documents

1. International Student Application Form,

2. The copy of secondary education diploma or an official document stating the upcoming graduation date issued by their school for applicants who have not graduated yet (either document must be also provided as translated into Turkish or English),

3. The copy of the document indicating the graduation grade point average (GPA) and its Turkish or English translation,

4. The copy of the passport,

5. Bank receipt of the application fee,

6. 1 passport photo,

7. The copy of the examination result form, (Accepted examination scores)

8. 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

9. Certificate of identity register copy for the applicants of holding double citizenship who have foreign citizenship by birth and gain Turkish citizenship

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

The list of Departments/Programs Accepting International Students

How to Make  Application for Preferences?

Online Application Form

International Student Application Form 

Application and Fee

 Bank Account Numbers to Pay the Application and Examination Fee