International students starting undergraduate programmes partly or wholly taught in a foreign language are offered Turkish for Specific Purposes. Foreign Medical Intern students in their fourth year are required to take the compulsory Medical Turkish course. Turkish classes are held at both in Central and Beytepe campuses. The Turkish Prepatory Programme is held at Beytepe Campus while Turkish for Specific Purposes, Supplementary Turkish for two years and a year's Medical Turkish are held at the Central campus. The Turkish programmes run for one academic year.
Assessment is through written examinations comprising dictation, and composition.
At the end of the year the students take a comprehensive examination. The students who fail in this exam take the English Proficiency Examination with the new applicants. If the students are successful in this examination they can register with their departments. The division has a staff of 5 and caters to an undergraduate student population of 107.