02.09.2025 14:11
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Osman Aşkın Bak, announced that applications for KYK dormitories for higher education students have begun, stating, "The ministry's dormitory capacity is 1 million, and the student accommodation system serves as a model worldwide. We are expecting applications between September 2 and 6."
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Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak made statements regarding the application and placement process for the Ministry's dormitories for the 2025-2026 academic year at the GSB Dormitory Coordination Center.
"BREAKFAST AND DINNER ARE FREE"
Highlights from Minister Bak's statements: "We have increased our bed capacity by 443 percent. Today, we provide services in a total of 877 dormitories across 81 provinces, 269 districts, and 6 TRNC campuses. Along with our dormitories, we provide scholarships and nutrition support to our students. In 2024, we made payments totaling 34 billion 13 million 831 thousand TL to our students.
"A SAFE HOME FOR 1 MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE"
So far, 518,713 of our students have had the opportunity to travel around Turkey and stay in our dormitories. They stay in our dormitories for free for 5 days. Reaching a bed capacity of 1 million means providing a safe home and a peaceful future for 1 million young people. This is an important success story. We have dormitories that are rapidly continuing to be built. We will continue to work day and night for our youth and raise the bar even higher.
DORMITORY APPLICATIONS HAVE STARTED
As of now, we are starting the dormitory applications for the 2025-2026 academic year. We are expecting applications from young people across our country between September 2-6. We will also accept dormitory applications from students who are completing their education in the normal duration, those who have graduated from a higher education program and are studying at a second university, as well as those who are applying for additional quotas, horizontal and vertical transfers, after the relevant university processes are completed. We analyze dormitory applications digitally with data from 12 public institutions.
We determine our students based on income, success, and social status criteria. We strive to place them in the dormitory closest to the university they have won. We effectively use artificial intelligence in these placements. We analyze the department, scores, and success criteria one by one and strive to place our successful students in the nearest dormitory.
"WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE"
The number of students in formal higher education is 4 million 153 thousand 981. Not all of these students leave their city. A certain portion enrolls in the university in their own city. Some rent apartments, while others prefer to stay in private dormitories. Not all of our students apply for dormitories from our Ministry. In the last 2 years, we have placed 98 out of 100 of our students in our dormitories.
This year, our goal is to place all the students who apply in our dormitories. We will continue to compete with ourselves for the peace and health of young people and strengthen their opportunities. With our dormitories, scholarships, youth centers, sports facilities, and many more, we will always be by the side of our youth."
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