Important Announcement from the Higher Education Credit and Dormitories Institution

The General Directorate of the Higher Education Credit and Dormitories Institution has published an announcement regarding students who applied for loans and are required to submit documents.

The lists of students required to submit documents among those who applied to the General Directorate of the Higher Education Credit and Dormitories Institution in the 2011-2012 academic year for scholarships, education loans and tuition contribution loans under the ÖSYM, intermediate class, special talent, doctorate, master's, vertical transfer and additional quotas are available at www.kyk.gov.tr/Yurtkur/universitePersonelGiris.jsp .

In addition, students can find out whether they are required to submit documentsand, if so, explanations about the documents they must submit, on the website of the General Directorate of the Higher Education Credit and Dormitories Institution, www.kyk.gov.tr .

The announcement on the subject is as follows:

Ministry of Youth and Sports
Higher Education Credit and Dormitories Institution
General Directorate
Announcement

1. The lists of students who applied in the 2011-2012 academic year for scholarships, education loans and tuition contribution loans under the ÖSYM, intermediate class, special talent, doctorate, master's, vertical transfer and additional quotas and who are required to submit documents are being announced at educational institutions; the requested documents can also be found on our institution's website, www.kyk.gov.tr . No separate announcement will be made to students other than the published lists.
2. For the information declared by students for which no documents are requested, the evaluation will be made based on the information determined through our institution's inquiries with the relevant universities and public institutions and organizations.
3. Submitting documents does not mean that students will definitely be granted a scholarship or loan. As a result of the reviews and checks to be carried out, the lists of those entitled to receive scholarships or loans will again be announced at educational institutions, and students will be asked to have a scholarship or loan commitment note drawn up by a notary.
4. Students who wish to receive scholarships, education loans or tuition contribution loans from our institution and who are staying or will stay in our dormitories this academic year may, if they have previously submitted their documents to the dormitory directorates, use a photocopy of these documents certified as a TRUE COPY by the dormitory directorate for their scholarship, education loan and tuition contribution procedures.
5. Students will obtain the documents related to their declarations from the relevant institutions and send them, attached to a petition (sample petition available at www.kyk.gov.tr ), or deliver them by hand by the end of working hours on 18 NOVEMBER 2011 AT THE LATEST to the institution's address: "Yurtkur Kredi Dairesi Başkanlığı Cemal Gürsel Cad. No:61 Cebeci - Ankara."
6. Education and tuition contribution loans granted to students are subject to the wholesale price index pursuant to Law No. 4160, and the relevant article of the law stipulates: "The Institution's Board of Directors is authorized to determine the principles and procedures regarding the application of the index and the repayment and installment of loan debts, and to grant a discount of up to 50% of the amount added from the index increase calculated according to the first paragraph from students' debts. After the discount is applied, the remaining loan debt to be paid by students may not exceed 3 times the total amount of loans received from the Institution during their education."

For the sample petition for students required to submit documents, click here.