Candidates who will attend the KPSS Secondary Education session in Sivas came to the exam centers in the morning. There was congestion at the building entrances. Candidates were taken to the halls after their ID and exam documents were checked. Some candidates arrived at the exam centers at the last minute.
The staff helped the candidate who forgot to remove the earring from his ear. One minute before the doors closed, the candidate took off her earrings with the help of the staff and was taken into the hall.
Some candidates who came to the exam centers were seen leaving their belongings in front of the doors.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ENTERED KPSS AT THE SAME SCHOOL
Çiğdem Kanbay, who lives in Malatya, and her daughter Sude Kanbay, who is preparing for the university exam, entered the Public Personnel Selection Examination (KPSS) Secondary Education session at the same school.
In the city, candidates headed to the exam centers for the 2026-KPSS Secondary Education session from the early hours of the morning. Candidates Çiğdem Kanbay and her daughter Sude Kanbay took the exam in different halls at Şehit Kemal Özalper Secondary School, where they came together.
'I WILL DO MY BEST'
Explaining that she was very happy when she checked the exam entry documents, housewife Çiğdem Kanbay said, "At first I was very surprised. When I looked at the exam papers, I saw that we were both going to take the exam at the same school. I was very glad that our exam venues were not different places by chance. My daughter is going through a very busy process. She will also take the university exam this year. Despite this, she helped me during the preparation process for the exam. Of course, I cannot compete with young competitors, but I will do something as much as I can. Now we will sweat for the same questions in separate desks, we will do our best."
'IT MADE ME VERY HAPPY THAT MY MOTHER DID NOT GIVE UP'
Stating that she is proud of her mother's determination, Sude Kanbay said, "Today, my mother and I are taking the exam at this school. I was very surprised when I first heard about it, but I am very happy that my mother is taking the exam at the same school as me. I hope she will achieve good things with me. For myself, I could not prepare very intensively for KPSS because I was preparing for the university exam. But I will still do my best. Even though I was very busy during this process, I tried to support my mother as much as I could in the exam preparation. It makes me happy that my mother took this exam at this age and did not give up. "It made me very happy. I am very excited for him. I hope both of our exams go well," he said.
Wishing success to each other, mother and daughter then entered the building to take their places in the exam halls.
THE GENDARMERIE CAME TO THE HELP OF KPSS CANDIDATES WHO HAD A FLAT TIRE
In Manisa's Demirci district, 3 candidates whose car tire burst while going to the exam center to take the Public Personnel Selection Examination Secondary Education (2026-KPSS Secondary Education) were brought to the exam center by gendarmerie teams.
Approximately 1,900 candidates attended KPSS in 5 exam centers in Demirci. District Gendarmerie Command, District Police Department and Demirci Municipality Police Department teams took precautions against any problems that candidates may experience, such as being late, forgetting documents, or confusing the exam location.
The gendarmerie took action after receiving a report that a car carrying three candidates had a flat tire on the road. The gendarmerie reached the region in a short time and brought the 3 candidates to Necip Fazıl Kısakürek Science High School, where they would take the exam shortly before the exam started.
Candidates quickly entered the exam hall.
BUILDINGS WERE CONFUSED BECAUSE OF THE NAME
A candidate who rummaged through the building in Avcılar came to the school where he was going to take the exam, but was not allowed in because the exam had already started. Some candidates could not take the exam because they were late.
KPSS secondary education exam started at 10.15. Candidates who were searched and taken into the exam halls were not allowed to wear watches, phones or jewellery. The 15-minute rule was applied before the exam and the doors closed at 10:00. The candidates confused the Abdulkadir Uztürk Primary School and the secondary school of the same name, which are located side by side but on different streets in Avcılar.
HE CONFUSED THE SCHOOLS
A candidate, who arrived at the last minute after entering the secondary school building, apparently needed to enter the adjacent primary school building, was left in a difficult situation. Although the candidate who was taken out of the hall ran to the other building, he could not enter because the door was closed. Another candidate came to Abdulkadir Uztürk Secondary School 1 minute after the door closed; However, the candidate could not take the exam because the building examiner did not open the closed door.
HE PARKED THE VEHICLE; LOCKED TRAFFIC
A driver parking on Namık Kemal Street next to the same street caused traffic congestion around the school. A candidate who was thought to have taken the exam caused traffic to be blocked because the IETT Başakşehir bus could not turn. People around moved the car with their hands to clear traffic. While the vehicle was taken to the side of the street, the bus also passed by.
HE REDUCED HIS IDENTITY, HIS FATHER CAME TO HELP
In Aydın, the candidate, who dropped his identity card before the Public Personnel Selection Examination for Secondary Education (2026-KPSS Secondary Education), took the exam with the help of his father.
Candidates who will take the exam at Aydın Adnan Menderes University created traffic congestion around the campus. Traffic teams worked to regulate the flow in the region.
Candidates were admitted after checking their ID, exam entry document, prohibited devices and items.
Relatives of the candidates taking the exam waited around the exam halls.
HE DROPED HIS ID IN THE CAR
Hatice Atalay, one of the candidates who will take the exam in the central classrooms building on the campus, noticed that her identity card was not among her documents when she entered the building.
The girl, who was in panic, thought that she might have dropped her ID card in her father's car and asked for help from her father. Father Mustafa Atalay returned to his vehicle and searched. The father found his daughter's identity card and handed it over to his daughter. With the arrival of her ID card, Hatice Atalay was able to enter the exam hall.
Father Mustafa Atalay said that there was traffic congestion on the road and his daughter got out of the car near the campus and came to the building on foot in order not to be late.
Stating that it was noticed that he did not have his identity card during the document control, Atalay said, "He slipped it from among the documents. We caught up in the last minute. We wish all students success in their exams." he said.
17 thousand 623 candidates participated in the exam in 59 buildings in Aydın.
