​Central

Central administration and de-concentrated branches

State authorities are responsible for:

• Education is one of the fundamental functions of the state (legislative and policy competences) and it is carried out under state control and supervision;
• The Ministry of National Education is responsible for offering educational services. The Turkish national education system is composed of two main divisions, formal and non-formal education, which complement each other;
• The Ministry of National Education has established various institutions abroad; and
• Turkey has been participating in the Lifetime Learning Programme ("Comenius (School Partnerships)", "Erasmus+ (Higher education, Vocational Education)", "Grundtvig (Adult Training)" and "Mutual Subject Programme" elements) in full, since 2004.
• Non-Muslim minority schools have a different status similar to "private schools", but  do not benefit from private school and state school facilities.

Regional

Provincial government

Provincial and District National Education Directorates support the implementation of education policy. According to Article 6 (b) of the Special Provincial Administrative Act, the Special provincial administrations have the duty, provided that it is of a local and common nature:

• To provide within provincial boundaries services relating to the procurement of plots of land for primary and secondary schools, and the meeting of their needs for the construction, maintenance and repairs of their schools.

Local

Municipal government

Municipalities can provide the following services (Article 14 of the Municipal Law):

• Opening of pre-elementary school education centres; and
• Maintenance of school buildings belonging to the Government, procurement of all kinds of equipment/material for this purpose.

Metropolitan Municipalities shall (Article 7 of the Law on Metropolitan Municipalities):

• Build premises and facilities for educational services and carry out maintenance and repair of those facilities.

Sources

Constitution of Turkey.

Law on Municipalities, Law N° 5393, dates from 03.07.2005.

Law on Special Provincial Administration, Law N° 5302, dates from 22.02.2005.

Law on Metropolitan Municipalities, Law N° 5216, dates from 10.07.2004.

OECD. 2013. Education Policy Outlook. Turkey.

Regulation titled "Private Education Institutions Regulation" published in the Official Gazette on 20 March 2012.