2.5M students to take university entrance exam

ANKARA-Anadolu Agency

Over 2.5 million Turkish students will take the country's national university entrance exams this weekend, the head of Turkey's examination body said on June 13.

"The YKS [Higher Education Institutions Examination], which consists of three rounds, will be held in total of 188 exam centers, including the Lefkoşa Exam Center [in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]," Halis Aygun, head of Measuring, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM), told Anadolu Agency.

Aygun said the YKS was the most comprehensive and widely-participated among all other examinations organized by the institution.

He added that all the preparations for the exam which will be held on June 15-16, and all exam papers have been delivered to the provinces and districts.

The exam rounds include a Basic Proficiency Test (TYT), an Area Qualification Test (AYT), and a Foreign Language Test (YDT).