This is a list of universities in Turkey. There are currently ninety-seven universities and academies in Turkey: Sixty-eight of them are run by the state (five of which are technical universities and one of which is an Arts and Music-only university), and twenty-four private foundation universities, four military academies and one police academy. Listing by location (cities)

The Turkish parliament is meeting for the first round of voting on a proposal to allow girls to wear the Islamic headscarf in universities. The scarf, seen as a symbol of political Islam in Turkey, was banned from campuses almost two decades ago. The government now argues that law deprives thousands of an education.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Legislators on Wednesday will debate one of secular but predominantly Muslim Turkey's most fiery issues: whether to allow female students to enter university campuses wearing Islamic head scarves.

Steven Clark Bradley has lived in 34 countries, including Pakistan, Iraq and Turkey. He has a master’s degree in liberal studies from Indiana University. He speaks French and Turkish. He has been an assistant to a prosecutor, a university instructor and a freelance journalist. Steven is the author of Probable Cause and Stillborn.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey must lift a ban on headscarves at university as part of democratic reforms aimed at European Union accession, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said on Saturday. Turkey's parliament is expected to approve a constitutional...

A mass rally has taken place in Ankara to protest against a government plan to ease a headscarf ban at universities. Secular Turks are against an amendment to the constitution...