Have University Tuition Restored? Here’s the Truth

formal education (1. teaching / daytime) university students were paying university fees called ‘Contribution Share’ until the 2011-2012 academic year. As of 2012, this fee has been abolished and was restricted to secondary education only.

With the decision of the Official Gazette published on the night of 14 July to 15 July, this situation was restored, It was on the agenda of social media because it was thought that students would pay tuition again.. However, this is not what you think.

University fees not brought back, still the state pays

This decision, published in the Official Gazette, caused people to think that university fees were brought back for formal education. As a matter of fact, this is a normal illusion, because it is very easy to come to this conclusion just by reading the verdict. However if you read the legislation You can see the actual situation in the following items.

Go to the bottom of the decision in the Official Gazette, which you can access from here. If you come to item 3here you can see that student tuition fees are still covered by the government.