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Important progress has been achieved in terms of access and enrollment rates in higher education level. In addition to the existing ones, 50 public universities and 39 foundation universities
were founded during 2003-2011. Total number of universities reached to 165; in which 103 are public and 62 are foundation universities. In 2001-2011, the seat capacity of formal higher education
was increased by 110 percent. Following these developments, formal enrollment rate in high education reached 38 percent in 2010-2011 educational year which was 12 percent in 2001. If open
higher education is added, the same rate is 72.5 percent.
FATlH Project:
In this context, FATlH Project aims to provide every learner with a tablet PC and each school with
a board type interactive smart board with limitless broadband internet admission will allow fairness in opportunity for the effectual utilize of information and communication technologies in
school. One of the main decision taken in order to raise the superiority and productivity of the
mankind capital, which is one of the most major basics of sustainable development, is the create
of FATIH Project.
T.R. Ministry of Development (2012), highlighted that the major objective of this project is to improve the quality of education system and teaching and to provide equivalent opportunities. In
this context, it is embattled to make information and communication technologies one of the
most important tools of the educational process. Hence, students are being acquainted with the
technology and its perform early as well as maki ng them use these technologies efficiently (TRMOD 2012). FATIH project is not only an education project. This project will also speed up the
process of transformation into the information society. In the long run, it will help the transition
to elevated value-additional elements.
Critical review
No one can deny the truth of that the numbers of refugees is increasing every day and the Turkish
government and associations should work hard together to put more practical and sustainable
solutions to reach its sustainable plan by the next coming years.
According to the education situation ministry of education should put a better plan to reach the
best situation in sustainable education, by building more schools and universities on the city side
will increased the percentage of the educated people and will save the Turkish youth’s time and
money, trying to find schools and universities on the central Istanbul which lead to the case of the
un sustainable growth (Refer to table 1).
On the other hand the health and care problems might be improve more by:
• The number of public health employees must be increased and adapt it to the employee quality systems to insure the employee qualifications.
• Quality of patient room and hygienic services should be increased in all private and public
hospitals.
• Medicine and medical equipments supports should be provided for hospital patients for free.
Sustainable development in Istanbul city is experiencing its very initial decade compared to globally grown businesses. So, before the maturation there is a suitable environment for proactive
approaches to the market. Exponentially expanding human settlement in metropolitan Istanbul
already makes sustainable solutions essential.
Finally, the fundamental philosophy of sustainable development is to ensure equitable oppor-

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