The Council of Higher Education shall determine the needs for teaching staff members in various disciplines at state institutions of higher education which fall within the provisions of this law, as well as determining which institutions are to meet these needs, and shall communicate this decision to the universities concerned with the aim of their meeting these needs. Within two weeks of receipt of these lists, the rectors of the universities concerned shall inform the Council of Higher Education of the teaching staff members who have been assigned for this purpose. Such assignments are made for a minimum of one and a maximum of four semesters, in which case the teaching staff positions of the staff members concerned are retained by them at their own institutions.

Assignments made in accordance with this article or paragraph (b) of Article 40 come within the provisions regarding civil servants with regard to notification, separation from post, period of assignment and starting date.

Assignments made in accordance with this article or paragraph (b) of Article 40 shall state the period of assignment as part of the written decision concerned. Salaries, supplementary payments, and traveling expenses are to be paid for by the university to which they have been assigned, in accordance with Law No. 6245 on Travel Allowances.

Those assigned within the provisions of this article or paragraph (b) of Article 40, and who do not take up their new posts within the period specified by law, following official notification, will be considered to have resigned, and will not be permitted to be re-appointed to a higher education institution or work in a public institution as long as they fail to carry out this assignment.