The Turkish Ministry of National Education (MEB) has officially announced the highly anticipated results for the inter-provincial excuse-based relocation of teachers. This announcement marks a crucial milestone for thousands of educators across the country, particularly those who were appointed during the massive recruitment drive of 45,000 contracted teachers in 2023 and have recently transitioned to permanent staff status after completing their mandatory three-year service period.
The publication of these results brings a long-awaited resolution for educators seeking to relocate due to essential personal, health, or family-related circumstances. The administrative processes, including official notifications and detachment procedures from current schools, have officially commenced as of September 18, 2026.
Landmark Transition for the 2023 Cohort of 45,000 Contracted Teachers Reaches Key Milestone with Relocation Results
The cohort of teachers affected by this announcement represents one of the largest single-year recruitment groups in recent Turkish educational history. Appointed in 2023 under the scope of a 45,000 contracted teacher recruitment campaign, these educators were subject to a strict legal working period. Under current educational personnel regulations, contracted teachers must complete three years of continuous service in their assigned schools before they can officially transition to permanent civil servant status (kadro).
For this specific group, the mandatory
three-year legal working period officially concluded in September 2026. Upon completing this service requirement, these teachers were granted permanent status, a transition that drastically alters their professional rights, administrative benefits, and—most importantly—their eligibility for inter-provincial transfers.
For years, many of these educators have had to live and work apart from their spouses, families, or specialized medical facilities due to the strict geographical limitations imposed on contracted personnel. The transition to permanent status, finalized just days ago, unlocked their legal right to apply for relocation under the ministry’s "excuse-based" transfer category (mazerete bağlı yer değişikliği). The release of these placement results represents the culmination of a three-year wait for thousands of households seeking geographic and domestic stability.
A Secondary Opportunity for Unplaced Teachers and Evolving Circumstances
The newly announced results do not only cover those who recently transitioned to permanent status. The Ministry of National Education has designed this specific transfer cycle to address several outstanding personnel needs that arose over the summer months.
During the primary summer inter-provincial relocation period, a significant number of teachers who applied for excuse-based transfers could not be placed in their desired provinces due to a lack of available vacancies or mismatched norm staff numbers in receiving districts. Recognizing the social and professional strain of leaving these educators unplaced, the Ministry instituted this subsequent round of placements to re-evaluate and accommodate as many pending transfer requests as possible.
Additionally, the ministry opened this application and relocation window to two other crucial groups of educators:
- Teachers with Newly Arisen Excuses: This group includes educators who did not have a valid relocation excuse during the regular summer transfer window but experienced major life changes—such as sudden health crises, changes in a spouse’s public sector employment location, or safety concerns—after the summer application deadline had passed.
- Newly Permanent Teachers as of September 14, 2026: Educators who officially completed their three-year contracted service and transitioned to permanent status exactly on September 14, 2026, and who possessed a valid legal excuse for relocation, were permitted to participate in this cycle.
By consolidating these groups, MEB aimed to maximize the efficiency of its personnel distribution while addressing the humanitarian and logistical needs of its teaching workforce right at the start of the new academic year.
The Mechanics of "Excuse-Based" Relocations in the Turkish Education System
In the administrative framework of Turkey’s Ministry of National Education, relocations are highly regulated to ensure an equitable distribution of educational resources across the country’s 81 provinces. While general relocations are based on a point system (hizmet puanı) accumulated through years of service and the difficulty of the school’s region, excuse-based relocations operate on a prioritized legal basis.
The primary categories of excuses recognized by the ministry include:
- Family Unity (Eş Durumu): This is the most common reason for relocation applications. It applies when a teacher’s spouse works in a different province, either as a public servant, military personnel, or a private-sector employee meeting specific social security contribution requirements. The state is constitutionally obligated to protect the integrity of the family unit, making family reunification a top priority for MEB’s personnel planning.
- Health Situations (Sağlık Mazereti): Teachers can request relocation if they, or their legal dependents (spouses, children, or parents whom they are legally obligated to care for), suffer from severe medical conditions that cannot be adequately treated in their current place of duty. These requests must be backed by comprehensive medical board reports from fully authorized state or university hospitals.
- Life Safety (Can Güvenliği): In rare and critical situations where a teacher’s physical safety or life is actively threatened in their current place of duty, documented by official law enforcement or judicial records, the ministry initiates immediate emergency relocations.
- Other Legal Excuses: This includes administrative transfers due to the death of a spouse or child, natural disasters affecting the place of duty, or specific rights granted to veterans and relatives of martyrs.
By addressing these critical personal situations, the ministry aims to ensure that teachers can perform their educational duties with peace of mind, which directly impacts the quality of instruction provided to students across the country.
Immediate Next Steps: Notifications and Detachment Procedures
With the results officially published, the administrative timeline has moved into its operational phase. The Ministry of National Education confirmed that the official notification (tebligat) and detachment (ilişik kesme) processes began on September 18, 2026.
For the teachers who have successfully received a placement, the transition involves a specific set of bureaucratic steps:
- Official Notification (Tebligat): The relocation decision is officially sent to the teacher’s current school administration and registered within the ministry’s centralized database (MEBBİS). The teacher must sign the official notification document, which serves as the legal start of their relocation timeline.
- Detachment from the Current School (İlişik Kesme): The teacher must complete all outstanding administrative duties at their current school. This includes handing over student files, grading records, and school property. Once completed, the school administration issues an official document certifying that the teacher has been detached from their post.
- Registration at the New School: Upon receiving their detachment documents, teachers have a legally designated travel period (yol meyli) to journey to their new province and register at their newly assigned school. Once registered, they officially assume their duties in their new classrooms.
Because these relocations are occurring in September, coinciding with the beginning of the new academic term, school administrations and provincial directorates are working rapidly to ensure that both the departing and receiving schools experience minimal disruption to their daily schedules and student learning plans.
Accessing the Results Online
Teachers who participated in this transfer cycle can access their individual relocation results through the official portal of the Ministry of National Education’s General Directorate of Personnel.
The results are accessible via the secure MEBBİS user portal or through the e-Government (e-Devlet) gateway. To view the placement details, school assignments, and administrative guidelines, educators can visit the official MEB personnel website at:
Click here to access the 2026 Teacher Inter-Provincial Excuse-Based Relocation Results
The Ministry has advised all relocated teachers to coordinate closely with their current district directorates of national education to ensure a seamless transition of their personnel files and payroll accounts to their new districts.
