Higher education institutions’ recruitment of teaching staff is based on the relevant articles of the Higher Education Law No. 2547 and the relevant regulations. Universities in Türkiye meet their academic staff needs largely from graduate programs in Türkiye and partially from candidates from abroad. The process of training academics is carried out through universities’ graduate programs and research assistant positions. In addition, foreign academic staff, postdoctoral researchers and part-time researchers may be employed on contract basis.