Extra provisions for foreign diplomas

By Safure Cantürk. The Higher Education Board (YÖK) decided to impose added measures to prevent those with foreign diplomas in medicine, law or engineering from automatically receive accreditation to practice their profession in Turkey. Those with diplomas from universities outside the top 500 worldwide will need to get a passing grade in the Higher Education Examination-Undergraduate Placement Examination (YGS- LYS) university entrance examinations. More...