I was among the first set to arrive Türkiye in September 2019. So I waited a week for a few others to come. Some old students organised a bus to come pick us up one monday morning to our universities for registration. We first went to Hacettepe’s Tömer (Turkish Language Centre) to do our Tömer Registration.
The documents they asked for are:
- Passport
- Photo
- Scholarship Agreement
- Scholarship Offer Letter
- A form we were asked to fill
Then I remember we went to the dining and tasted Turkish food for the first time. I had been eating fast food prior to this because they had not started serving food in my dorm.
After that we went to the student affairs office. I remember they only registered Masters students. They asked undergrads to wait till their Tomer is complete before doing department registration.
After that, we went to apply for a student card. I think we got it about 2 or 3 weeks later.
So after completing Tomer, before school reopened in October, I went to the student affairs office to submit the following documents
- Tömer Certificate
- Denklik (Equivalence Certificate)
- Passport
- Original Diploma and Photocopy
- Original Transcript and Photocopy
- Student Card
- Birth Certificate (some unis don’t ask)
- Scholarship offer letter
- Scholarship Agreement
- Letter of Consent (for those who were under 18)
I had all my docs in one file so I didn’t have to bother. I recommend you do that too.
Important Notes
- Your diploma, certificates, and Transcripts should have been stamped and certified by the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in your home country. If you did not have it stamped, you can go to your country’s embassy/consulate to get it stamped.
- If your documents are not in English or Turkish, make sure you translate and notarize them. I personally recommend translating and notarizing in Türkiye. You can translate and notarize your documents by going to any translation office near you. The fee for translation changes with time and according to the type of document. As at September 2023, while the average fee for translation is 250-300 Turkish Lira, the price for notarization ranges from 450-580 Turkish Lira.
- If you are under 18, Get your Consent letter signed by your parents and have it stamped by a lawyer before leaving your home country.
This was a summary of my experience in 2019. The process may be different now but at least you have an idea of what to expect.
I hope this helps.
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4 Responses
Since you didn’t get registered at your school until after Tomer how did you do Ikamet??
The gave us a document called “Tomer Belgesi” (like a letter to confirm you are enrolled to Tomer). We used that to apply for Ikamet
Is university registration done differently from departmental registration?
In some universities, yes. In some, No. it’s better to ask the international student office.
In my uni for example, they were not different.