Below are the required Turkish proficiency documents and levels for the candidates who are accepted to associate and bachelor degree programmes to start their education:

1. Achievement of the Turkish Proficiency Exam given by Istanbul University Department of Foreign Languages at the beginning of the academic year
2. Istanbul University Language Center Turkish Proficiency Document
3. Turkish Proficiency Document from the Turkish Language Teaching Research and Application Centers of the Universities.
4. Turkish Proficiency Documents given by Yunus Emre Institutions.

The Turkish Language Proficiency levels of the applicants:

1. (C1 and C2) Level: Applicant’s Turkish level is adequate. S/he can be placed into the program which s/he has obtained the right to attend.
2. (B1 and B2) Level: Applicant’s Turkish level is inadequate but can be improved. S/he can be placed into the program which s/he has obtained the right to attend, on the condition that s/he attends a Turkish language course. The student must certify that s/he has improved his or her Turkish level to (A) level before the beginning of the 3^rd academic year. At the end of this period, those who still have (B) level in Turkish cannot continue receiving education unless they improve their level of Turkish to (A).
3. (A1 and A2) Level: Applicant’s Turkish level is not adequate and s/he must take a Turkish course. Those who are in this state must certify that s/he has increased his or her Turkish proficiency level to (A) or (B) level before the beginning of the 3^rdacademic year at the latest. The first subsection of this paragraph is applicable for those who have improved their level to (A), whereas the second subsection of this paragraph is applicable for those who have improved their level to (B).

İÜYÖS Turkish Proficiency Levels According to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and score intervals are mentioned below.