Accreditation: It is an evaluation and external quality assurance process, conducted by the Council of Higher Education (Yükseköğretim Kurulu Başkanlığı), which measures whether a higher education program and institution meets the predetermined academic and field-specific standards in a certain area.
Accreditation in higher education is a tool for academic quality, transparency, and accountability.
The objectives of the accreditation system are:
To facilitate and accelerate the mutual recognition process between higher education institutions, and
To aid in the comparability of diplomas and titles.