The Measuring, Selection and Placement Center (, ÖSYM) is the body responsible for organizing the national level university entrance examination
Student Selection and Placement System, and several other large scale examinations in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. It was founded in 1974 and its headquarters is in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
.
ÖSYM also operates the world's one and only government-operated dedicated large scale (5600 people at a time) computer-based test center.
Foreign language exams
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Foreign Language Exam (, YDS), there are also:
* YÖKDİL, a test in a similar format to YDS, but limited to Turkish universities in validity
* YKS-YDT, the foreign language part of the
Student Selection and Placement System
* a section of the teacher's exam (ÖABT) for foreign language teachers.
See also
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Education in Turkey
Education in Turkey is governed by a national system which was established in accordance with Atatürk's Reforms. It is a state-supervised system designed to produce a skillful professional class for the social and economic institutes of the cou ...
References
External links
Official site
Education in Turkey
Standardized tests in Turkey
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