At the Higher Education Executive Board meeting on September 21, 2022, regarding the international academic staff employed on a contractual basis at state higher education institutions:

1. It was decided to delegate the authority to increase the gross contract salaries up to the rate of increase in the officer salary coefficient for January and July to the university administrative boards. Additionally, the new gross contract salary information, resulting from the increase made by the university administrative boards, should be entered into the Higher Education Information System (YÖKSİS).
2. It was decided that requests for increases in gross contract salaries exceeding the rate of increase in the officer salary coefficient should be sent to the Council of Higher Education with detailed justifications for a decision.

However, in July 2023, there was an increase of 17.55% in the officer salary coefficient. Additionally, Law No. 7446 added Article 40 to the Decree Law No. 375, stipulating that academic staff receive additional payments equivalent to the indicator figure (15,965) and the officer salary coefficient. This payment is exempt from any tax and social security premium deductions, except for stamp duty.

In this context, the Higher Education Executive Board decided in its meeting on July 21, 2023, to delegate the authority to the university management boards to increase the contract salaries of international academic staff in July 2023, limited to the extent of the salary increase percentage applied to their equivalent academic staff.