Council of Higher Education (Turkey)

The Council of Higher Education (Turkish: Yükseköğretim Kurulu, YÖK; also translated as the Higher Education Board), established with the Higher Education Law numbered 2547 (Turkish: 2547 sayılı Yükseköğretim Kanunu) which became effective on 6 November 1981, is responsible for the supervision of the universities in Turkey, in a capacity defined by Article 130 of the Turkish Constitution of 1982. The current president of the council is Erol Özvar, a former professor at Marmara University in Istanbul, who was appointed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

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