Head of university watchdog calls for end of institution

The president of the Higher Education Board, or YÖK, Professor Gökhan Çetinsaya, has said that the institution he heads should be abolished. YÖK, formed after the 1980 military coup, is the body that controls all universities in the country, reports the Daily Sabah.

In a report, "A roadmap for Turkey's Higher Education," he said one way to reform the higher education system was to abolish the institution he heads. He also said that all the bad memories of the institution should be buried in the depths of history. Since its establishment, YÖK has been used as a source of influence over universities and had become unworkable as a bureaucratic institution.

Çetinsaya said that in order to form a new university system suitable for a new Turkey, the best minds of the country should be consulted, adding that a new coordination body was needed.
Full report on the Daily Sabah site