Seval Kuraş Akademi – Erkek Berberliği Eğitimi, Bursa

Seval Kuraş Akademi runs a men’s barbering programme structured across twelve modules. A location correction first: the academy is in Osmangazi, Bursa, not Istanbul as older directory data recorded, so factor the travel in if you were considering it from the city.

The twelve modules cover the definition of the trade, workplace organisation, personal hygiene, greeting the client, hair and skin analysis, face and head shape assessment, beard and moustache shaping, men’s cutting techniques, shaving, face and head massage, product sales, and professional development activities, a structure that closely follows the standard Turkish occupational syllabus. The academy brands itself as MEB-affiliated and states that it issues an approved course completion certificate with a transcript at the end of training. Neither the duration in hours nor the price is published, so ask for both, and ask for the certificate type in writing.

One point applies across every Turkish provider in this directory and is worth understanding before you pay for anything. Turkey does regulate this trade: the Mesleki Yeterlilik Kurumu issues the Erkek Berberi Seviye 4 national vocational qualification, and that is the document that carries legal weight. It is a different thing from a MEB Seviye 4 kurs bitirme belgesi, which is a course completion certificate issued by a licensed private training centre. Several academies advertise “Seviye 4” in a way that blurs the two. If your goal is the MYK belge, ask specifically which authorised belgelendirme kuruluşu examines you and when.