For those faculty members who, without requesting any traveling expenses from their institutions, wish to attend congresses, conferences, seminars or similar academic meetings, in Turkey or abroad, or to undertake and carry out a research project involving traveling, leave of absence up to one week is given by the Dean or the Director of the Graduate School or School of Higher Education, and for up to fifteen days by the Rector of the relevant university. When a period of more than 15 days is involved, and when travel expenses, or the expenses incurred by the research project, are to be paid out of the budget of the university or of its attached units, or out of the Revolving Fund, the resolution of the concerned Administrative Board and the approval of the Rector must be sought.

Apart from the conditions stipulated in Article 33 of this law and in the first paragraph of the present article, teaching faculty members may be sent abroad for professional training, or to increase their knowledge. Upon the proposal of the Council of Higher Education, the Council of Ministers shall determine quotas and time periods each year with regard to the universities, concerning those to be sent abroad for a maximum of one year. Similarly, teaching faculty members who receive grants from foreign sources may also be sent abroad. The quotas shall be distributed among the units of the universities by the decision of the University Administrative Board and the approval of the Rector, as shall also be the case for the selection of those to be sent abroad. When deemed necessary, the period spent abroad may be extended by 50 % upon the decision of the Administrative Board concerned and the approval of the Rector. Those sent abroad accordingly are subject to the provisions of Law No. 657 on Civil Servants with regard to those sent abroad for the same purpose. However, the University Administrative Board may decide to pay them an amount which does not exceed that paid to civil servants. Those who receive scholarships, grants, or salaries from sources abroad, may be granted leave with or without pay, for the period that they are assigned, according to provisions determined by the institution concerned and upon the decision of the University Administrative Board.

Traveling expenses shall be determined in accordance with general provisions, equivalent to that paid to civil servants of an equivalent status. This applies both to those referred to in the first paragraph, sent on a short-term basis, and those referred to in the second paragraph. Traveling expenses of those sent on a short-term basis are to be met by the institution concerned, be it their own institution or another institution.

Upon the decision of the University Administrative Board and the approval of the Ministry of National Education, teaching faculty members may be granted leave with pay, when officially invited by institutions of higher education in the Turkic Republics or related communities for a period not to exceed 3 years, in which case they will retain all rights.