The Turkish government has submitted a bill to parliament that foresees the "establishment" of 15 new universities across the country, Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz told state-run Anadolu Agency on April 20.
According to the proposed legislation, some of those planned 15 new universities will be created by splitting 10 existing universities.
Gazi University in the capital Ankara, İstanbul University, İnönü University in the eastern province of Malatya, Karadeniz Technical University in the Black Sea province of Trabzon and Selçuk University in the Central Anatolian province of Konya are expected to split.
The legislation also foresees splitting Dumlupınar University in the Aegean province of Kütahya, Erciyes University in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri, Sütçü İmam University in the southeastern province of Kahramanmaraş and Mersin University in the southern province of Mersin.
