News Summary

• Turkish candidates will prioritize artificial intelligence and digital technology programs when the national university placement period begins tomorrow.
• Students use their scores from the Higher Education Institutions Examination (YKS) to enter rapidly developing fields.
• The Higher Education Board (YÖK) opened 81 informatics programs over three years, adding 16 this year.
• Japanese hotel group Hotel Okura has partnered with Istanbul-based real estate and hospitality investment group KK Universal for its first project in Türkiye, a 102-room thermal resort in Cappadocia scheduled to open in 2028.