Prerequisites for Application
(1) The following are prerequisites for applicants:
a) To meet the conditions listed in clause a of paragraph 1 of Article 5 of this directive.
b) To have obtained the minimum scores specified in the exams listed in the annexe of the directive.
c) For the applicant, not to have attained the age of 25 as of the date of application.
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 ofthe 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 TurkishCitizenship Law (Turkish Citizenship Law with number 5901, clause 7 comprises the following statement: “(1) Childborn from a Turkish citizen mother or father in a conjugal union inside or outside of Turkey is a Turkish citizen.” Itshould be beneficial for candidates who will apply to abroad acceptance quota to examine the Turkish Citizenship Law)
3. gain citizenship of Turkish Republic after a foreign citizenship / hold double citizenship in this case,
4. a) hold Turkish citizenship and who were continuing secondary education before 01/02/2013 and completed the last three years of the education in a foreign country other than the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) (including the applicants who completed their secondary education in Turkish schools opened by the Ministry of National Education in a foreign country),
b) hold Turkish citizenship and who were continuing secondary education after 01/02/2013 and completed the entire of the education in a foreign country other than the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) (including the applicants who completed their secondary education in Turkish schools opened by the Ministry of National Education in a foreign country),
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 article a act 2 (except the ones who fulfil the conditions in the article a and act 4),
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 article a act 2 and graduated from secondary schools as a part of the embassies in Turkey or at foreign secondary schools in Turkey