Students had to wear masks before entering the examination hall in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus. But during the examination, they could remove their masks.

The number of examination centers has been increased to around 18,000 from 13,000 in order to keep social distancing.

Turkey has so far reported 5,282,594 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 48,068 deaths and 5,154,771 recoveries. (ILKHA)