“I congratulate the International Women's Day of all the ladies in our lives, especially our valuable female academics, who enrich our lives greatly by making a significant contribution with their large representation in the Turkish higher education system.

On this occasion, we would like to underline that Turkey is in a better position than many European countries in terms of the ratio of both female students and academics.

We strongly hope that this representation ratio will also be reflected in executive positions soon."


Prof. M. A. Yekta Saraç

​President of the Council of Higher Education


The data of Turkish Higher Education as of January 2020:

https://kadincalismalari.yok.gov.tr/Sayfalar/DuyuruDetay.aspx?did=13