YDS Course

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YDS COURSE

ÜDS and KPDS Exams have been removed and collected under YDS.

Those who wish to pursue a doctorate or pass the public personnel language exams are now required to take the YDS exam.

WHAT IS YDS?

YDS; Law No. 657 on Civil Servants (including those who receive their salaries according to the additional temporary articles of this law), Turkish Armed Forces Personnel Law No. 926, Law on Judges and Prosecutors numbered 2802, Higher Education Personnel Law No. 2914 and Special Gendarmerie Law No. 3466 and the contracted personnel who are contracted by the cadres in accordance with Article 3 / c of the Decree Law No. 399.

EXAM CONTENT AND FORMAT

The YDS exam is held twice a year. You can get information about the exam dates at www.osym.gov.tr.

The exam is a multiple choice. It is aimed to measure reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and translation skills.

The exam duration is 180 minutes and consists of 80 questions.

At SDM LANGUAGE SCHOOL you can prepare for the exam in English, German, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian and Greek.

The YDS exam is held in the following languages:

German

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Danish

Persian

French

Dutch

The English

Irish

Spanish

Italian

Dialect

Hungarian

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Serbian

Greek

YDS can be used in various fields;

The civil servants and other public officials who will be appointed to the foreign institutions of public institutions should attend this exam.

According to Article 4 / B of Law No. 657, translators, interpreters and analysts and programmers to be employed on a contractual basis are required to take this exam.

657, Law No. 926 TSK Personnel Law, Law No. 2802 Judges and Prosecutors, Law No. 2914 Higher Education Personnel Law No. 3466 who work in accordance with the Law No. 399 and 3 / C of the contracted personnel employed in accordance with Article 3 / C to receive YDS compensation those who want to enter YDS’ye.

Candidates who will take the Professorship Exam must take at least 70 points out of 100.

Candidates who will take the Ph.D. and Proficiency in Art Exam must take at least 60 points.

In addition to the fields above, there are also areas where YDS exam score can be used. However, exams other than YDS can be considered valid.

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