The purpose of this study is to determine the opinions of research assistants who have been appointed to a uniform position through the various provisions on position diversity and the appointment criteria in the appointment process. This research is a case study from among the qualitative research methods. The data in the research have been collected using a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers. The study group consists of 15 participants continuing their graduate

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... working as research assistants at different universities. Data have been analyzed using descriptive and content analyses. According to the analysis results with regard to the various provisional appointments, research assistants for the 50d position are seen to have more worries than research assistants for the 33a position due to the lack of guaranteed employment, which affects their academic and social lives. Among the findings, problems such as continuous changes in position diversity, disentitlement of those appointed by the Academic Staff Training Program and not returning their rights to them are also seen to have increased research assistants' concerns regarding academia, their academic improvement, and academic future. As for research assistants' appointment criteria, adjustıng the process ıs suggested by focusing more on foreign language scores, standardizing foreign language tests that measure all aspects of language skills, having quality interviews or a quality centralized examination, and including scientific activities that have been participated in during their undergraduate years in the process. In order to make qualified scientific publications and to have publications emerge with high added value, research assistants should neither live in a fear of becoming unemployed nor live with anxiety about the future; a work environment should be provided in accordance with these.