New restrictions on foreign diplomas

The Higher Education Board in Turkey, known as YÖK, has imposed added measures to prevent graduates with foreign diplomas in medicine, law or engineering from automatically receiving accreditation to practise their profession in Turkey, writes Safure Cantürk for Daily Sabah.

Those with diplomas from universities outside the top 500 worldwide will need to get a pass grade in the Higher Education Examination-Undergraduate Placement Examination, which are the university entrance examinations.

YÖK, which is the top tertiary watchdog, assessed complaints about diplomas given by universities in the Balkans, Middle East and Turkic republics. Many tour operators arrange for Turkish nationals to be admitted to such universities, which hand out diplomas without compulsory attendance or even any language proficiency. YÖK decided that most diplomas issued in this way could not be given equivalency documents.
Full report on the Daily Sabah site