WHAT IS AN EQUIVALENCE?
YÖK stands for both the Higher Education Law and the Higher Education Institution, which is an affiliated institution. According to the laws of our country, in order for a university education to be officially valid, the education must be obtained from a local university affiliated to YÖK or from a foreign university approved by YÖK.
If you have a YÖK-approved university diploma, you are officially recognized as a university graduate. This allows you to become a short-term private or reserve officer during military service. In addition, if you want to work as a public official, your university diploma must be approved by YÖK. Otherwise, you will be classified as an associate degree graduate by official authorities.
Equivalency procedures for higher education diplomas at the level of Associate, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees obtained from abroad are carried out in accordance with Article 7/p of the Higher Education Law No. 2547 and the provisions of the Regulation on Equivalency of Higher Education Diplomas Abroad. Accordingly
In order for a diploma received from abroad to be considered for equivalence, the institution where the diploma is received and the program in which the education is carried out must be recognized by the Council of Higher Education.
SAMPLE PETITION FOR THE CANCELLATION OF THE REJECTION OF THE UNIVERSITY EQUIVALENCY APPLICATION
TO THE PRESIDENCY OF … ADMINISTRATIVE COURT;
THE PLAINTIFF :
TC IDENTITY NUMBER :
ADDRESS :
PROXY :
(legal representatives of the parties, if any)
ADDRESS :
(Legal representatives of the parties, if any)
DEFENDANT :
SUBJECT : Our request for the annulment of the transaction of the Presidency of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) dated …/…/…/… and numbered E….. regarding the rejection of the application for the issuance of a diploma equivalency certificate.
DATE OF NOTIFICATION OF THE TRANSACTION :
EXPLANATIONS :
1-) Our client, …. He graduated from …. He graduated from the University Faculty of Law in ….. After completing his undergraduate education, he applied to the respondent administration on …/…/… with the request to grant equivalence to his diploma, and his application was rejected by the administration on the grounds that his stay abroad was insufficient. (Annex 1-2-3)
2-) In Article 7, paragraph p of the Higher Education Law No. 2547, “Determining the equivalence of associate, undergraduate and graduate diplomas obtained from higher education institutions abroad” is listed among the duties of the Council of Higher Education.
In addition, Article 5 titled “Recognition of higher education institutions and programs”, Article 6 titled “Examination of applications for graduation recognition certificate and diploma equivalency certificate” and Article 7 titled “Procedures to be carried out as a result of the examination of applications for graduation recognition certificate and diploma equivalency certificate” of the Regulation on Recognition and Equivalence of Higher Education Diplomas Abroad published in the Official Gazette dated 05.12.2017 and numbered 30261 clarify what will be done in recognition and equivalence procedures.
3-) Each country has its own legal rules and the education provided is based on the rules of the country where the university is located. The diploma given from the university where the undergraduate education was completed will be used in the field of law in Turkey as a result of the certification of equivalence, and the documents based on our client’s application for equivalence in the Law Equivalence Sub-Commission of the Council of Higher Education should be examined on an individual basis by faculty members who are experts in their fields and the necessary courses to be taken should be determined and reported. There is no legal justification for the respondent administration to reject our client’s application on the grounds that the duration of her stay abroad is insufficient without examining whether the courses required for Turkish law have been taken. Moreover, it will be seen from the passport documents attached to our petition that our client continues her education as she should. (Annex 4)
4-) Within the framework of the issues we have tried to explain above, it has become necessary to file this lawsuit against the transaction regarding the rejection of the application for the issuance of a certificate of equivalence.
LEGAL GROUNDS : 2547 S. K. Art. 7; Regulation on Recognition and Equivalence of Higher Education Diplomas Abroad Art. 5, 6, 7
LEGAL EVIDENCE :
… university law faculty diploma sample
Application to the administration dated …/…/…/…
…/…/…/… dated response of the administration
Passport documents
CONCLUSION AND REQUEST :
For the reasons explained above, on behalf of our client, we request the annulment of the transaction regarding the rejection of the application for the issuance of a certificate of equivalence and the imposition of the attorney fee on the other party. …/ …/ …
ANNEXES :
… University Faculty of Law diploma sample
Application to the administration dated …/…/…/…
…/…/…/… dated response of the administration
Passport documents
One approved power of attorney sample.
Plaintiff Attorney
………………………….
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