Yunus Emre Institute's (YEI) Turkish Proficiency Exam (TYS) was held on 15 January 2022 face-to-face and simultaneously at 41 centers and 36 countries.

The results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam will be announced on the website "sinav.yee.org.tr".

AZERBAIJAN ONECE AGAIN SHOWS RECORD-BREAKING PARTICIPATION

TYS, carried out simultaneously by Baku Yunus Emre Institute at 41 centers in 36 countries, was held in Baku Turkish Anatolian High School in Azerbaijan. In the statement made by Baku Yunus Emre Institute, it was stated that record-breaking participation was seen in the first exam of the year in Azerbaijan, as in previous years.

Turkey's Ambassador to Baku Cahit Bağcı also came to the high school where the exam was held and had a conversation with the students. Ambassador Bağcı asked the visually impaired student Nezrin Aliyeva "in which university she wanted to study". Aliyeva said that she wanted to study at Hacettepe University Psychology Department. Bağcı congratulated Aliyeva and wished her success. Stating that he will follow the exam results, Bağcı expressed that he will take care of the students after they are placed in universities and wished them success.

THE FIRST APPLICATION WAS REALIZED IN 2013

In order to ensure that Turkish has a standardized exam with international validity and to support policies facilitating the admission of foreign students, TYS was developed in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) by Yunus Emre Institute Examination Center, to measure the language proficiency of individuals learning Turkish as a foreign or second language.

The first application of the Turkish Proficiency Exam, which measures the proficiency of individuals aged 16 and over in 4 basic language skills, was held in 2013. TYS has been held simultaneously 3 times a year in Yunus Emre Institute centers abroad and in Turkey since 2013.

TYS is held in three sessions and has reading and listening questions in the first session, writing questions in the second session and speaking questions in the third. Candidates who are successful are awarded the “Turkish Proficiency Certificate”.

Developed in line with the CEFR, TYS is of great importance in terms of increasing foreign students’ interest in Turkey, as well as facilitating the admission of these students to universities and ensuring that they are evaluated on a more robust level.

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE PREPARATORY CLASS AT UNIVERSITIES

Taking important steps in the field of education as well as different cultural and artistic activities, the Institute offers a great opportunity for candidates who want to study and work in Turkey and certify their Turkish language proficiency. Especially in these times when universities will start online classes, the fact that they can get their Turkish certificates from the countries they are in also provides an advantage to the candidates.

Having been held at 59 exam centers in 44 countries so far, TYS aims to be an internationally standardized Turkish exam and to support policies that facilitate student admission from abroad.

In the exam, candidates are asked questions in the fields of reading, listening, writing and speaking. Those who are successful in these fields are granted a Turkish Proficiency Certificate and are exempted from taking Turkish preparatory classes when they gain the right to study at any university in Turkey.

Candidates wishing to work at companies with international operations in Turkey or in their own countries or work as Turkish interpreters or teach Turkish abroad will also secure a huge advantage in their job applications.

TURKISH CULTURE AND LANGUAGE ARE PROMOTED TO THE WORLD

Yunus Emre Institute, which started its activities in 2009 with the aim of promoting Turkey, Turkish language, history, culture and art and providing all kinds of services abroad in this field, undertakes a major task in promoting Turkey.

The Institute, which has 64 centers in 53 countries around the world, has a wide range of activities ranging from Turkish language teaching to culture and art activities, from Turcology projects to scientific cooperation agreements and cultural diplomacy activities.

While acting with the mission of increasing the Turkey’s recognition, reliability and reputation in the international arena, the Institute aims to increase the number of people all over the world who establish bonds with Turkey and are friendly to Turkey.

TYS IS THE ONLY ALTE-APPROVED TURKISH EXAM

TYS, carried out by Yunus Emre Institute in order to certify the language proficiency of those learning Turkish as a foreign or second language, received the approval of the Association of Language Testers in Europe-ALTE.

After the examinations and evaluations made by ALTE, TYS was awarded the "ALTE Quality Mark”. With its validity and reliability proven by receiving the ALTE Quality Mark, TYS thus became the first and only Turkish exam the validity of which is internationally proven. With this success, Yunus Emre Institute took its place among the "ALTE Full Member" institutions.

ALTE SETS THE MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION STANDARDS 

The Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) carries out important studies in the field by gathering institutions and organizations working in the field of measurement and evaluation of language skills around the world. Setting the standards in the field of measurement and evaluation of language skills, ALTE is defined as the umbrella organization and an institution that both examines the international validity of language exams and has the authority to give approval.