Numbers of Turkish universities soar, but quality falls
Quality in education hasn't kept pace with the phenomenal increase in enrollment and facilities in Turkey's university system.
Undergraduate and graduate enrollment has increased spectacularly at Turkey's universities in recent years. And while the infrastructure has kept pace, the same can't be said of the quality of education.
The number of students and academic capacity has grown tenfold in just the past decade. Going back further, in 1979 there were only 12 universities in Turkey. There are now 203. In 1980, out of 467,000 students who participated in university entrance exams, only 42,000 (9%) were able to enter, whereas in 2018, of 1.7 million students who took the exams, 710,000 (40%) made it.
