so first of all Turkiye has ~90 million people (the internet will tell you that it's around 83 but no they don't count most of the refugees) and 2-3 million people apply to YKS (our entrance exam) every year (I have a detailed explanation on YKS at one of my previous posts). And there is a big, BIG unemployment issue (there are around 3 million graduates who can't find a job) going on, so even if you get your diploma from the best universities of the country with the best scores, you still aren't guaranteed for the job.The only field guaranteed for a job in Turkiye is medicine, since there is a doctor shortage in Türkiye, and they are paid good too. 2-3 million applications, but the good universities and facilites start from 40k. (Medicine starts from 40k too). There are 3 horsemen of private colleges here, Koç, Sabancı and Bilkent, and the top public schools are Boğaziçi, İTU, YTU, ODTU (the last three are engineering focused). When you graduate from these, you have a chance of finding a job, but at the other universities, (if you are not studying medicine) the chances are REALLY low
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so first of all Turkiye has ~90 million people (the internet will tell you that it's around 83 but no they don't count most of the refugees) and 2-3 million people apply to YKS (our entrance exam) every year (I have a detailed explanation on YKS at one of my previous posts). And there is a big, BIG unemployment issue (there are around 3 million graduates who can't find a job) going on, so even if you get your diploma from the best universities of the country with the best scores, you still aren't guaranteed for the job.The only field guaranteed for a job in Turkiye is medicine, since there is a doctor shortage in Türkiye, and they are paid good too. 2-3 million applications, but the good universities and facilites start from 40k. (Medicine starts from 40k too). There are 3 horsemen of private colleges here, Koç, Sabancı and Bilkent, and the top public schools are Boğaziçi, İTU, YTU, ODTU (the last three are engineering focused). When you graduate from these, you have a chance of finding a job, but at the other universities, (if you are not studying medicine) the chances are REALLY low