Turkey was included in the Bologna Process in 2001, which started with the "declaration" signed by the ministers responsible for higher education from 29 European countries at the end of the meeting held in Bologna, Italy in 1999, regarding the restructuring of the European higher education area. Turkey's involvement in the Bologna process and its restructuring of higher education accordingly have enabled it to benefit significantly from student and academic staff mobility in the field of European higher education. Six of the main objectives of the Bologna Process were announced with this declaration. These goals are:

1. Creating easily understandable and comparable higher education diplomas and/or degrees (developing the Diploma Supplement application for this purpose),

2. To switch to a two-stage degree system in higher education, namely undergraduate and graduate degrees,

3. To implement the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS),

4. To ensure and expand the mobility of students and lecturers,

5. To establish and disseminate the network of quality assurance systems in higher education,

6. To develop the European dimension in higher education.

The Bologna Process is a mechanism promoting intergovernmental cooperation between 48 European countries in the field of higher education.