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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

1. Students may do lateral transfers, including first and senior classes, if they have all
the necessary documentation for lateral transfer,
2. Undergraduate transfer applications are evaluated by higher education institutions
just about not to over 10% of the Student Selection and Placement System (ÖSYS)
quota of university department which is applied by the students on related year,
3. Students who do not have the required documents for lateral transfer can take
courses as special students at the following universities: Gaziantep, Kilis 7 December,
Harran (Şanlıurfa), Mustafa Kemal (Hatay), Osmaniye Korkut Ata, Çukurova, and
Mersin; those able to provide the documents can do lateral transfer. 50
So that Syrian and Palestinian nationals can benefit, it has been decided that the above-
mentioned universities will be able to open educational programs in Turkish and/or
foreign languages to accept students from abroad. For students unable to submit the
required documents to apply for transfer to intermediate classes, it was decided that
these universities should be able to accept the students by giving proficiency exams
and accepting the students according to the result of these examinations. For students
who have graduated from high school but cannot submit the relevant documents, the
Ministry of National Education will give a certificate of competency as a result of the
examination.

The amount of the tuition and fees which are taken as student contributions to the
current service costs in higher education institutions is determined by the decree of the
Council of Ministers which is done every year; in accordance with the resolutions of
the Council of Ministers. It was decided that tuition fees for Syrian students that have
been registered to the higher education institutions with their own efforts until the
2012-2013 academic year are paid from the budget of the Presidency for Turks Abroad
and Related Communities. In addition, according to the decision of the Council of
Ministers published in the official gazette dated September 27, 2014, “Decision
on the Determination of Tuition Fees to be Taken as Student Contribution to the
Current Service Costs in Higher Education Institutions in 2014-2015 Academic Year”
for citizens of Syria who have come to Türkiye because of the events that happened
in Syrian Arab Republic, there will be no tuition fees required in higher education
institutions at the undergraduate and graduate levels. All the fees are paid by the

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