Recep Tayyip Erdo?an university diploma controversy

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During Recep Tayyip Erdo?an 's campaign for presidency in 2014 and throughout his presidency , there were numerous claims that he didn't graduate from a university and therefore he is ineligible to be President of Turkey , because he was not a university graduate. [1] Similar claims have also been made about Erdogan's high school diploma. [2] These claims refer to Article 101 of the Turkish constitution stating that presidential candidates are required to have completed their tertiary education . [3] The article however doesn't narrow down tertiary education to universities only, allowing other options such as trade schools and colleges. [4]

Erdo?an's degree is publicly accessible and viewable at Marmara University 's online diploma department . [5] [6]

Accusations [ edit ]

In June 2016, Omen Faruk Emina?ao?lu, former chairmen of YARSAV and leader of the communist People's Liberation Party , had requested from the Supreme Election Council (YSK) to carry out an investigation on the "use of forged official documents". He also called for the Ankara 's Chief Public Prosecutor to begin an investigation if such an investigation was not carried out. [7] [8] YSK unanimously rejected the case upon reviewing. YSK decided that since Erdo?an presented a notarized university degree during the presidential election process, the examination beyond this does not fall within the scope of the YSK's mandate. [9] Erdo?an responded to accusations by saying "The school I registered, was educated and graduated is clear, my classmates are clear. Also, the university administration made a formal explanation. Despite all this, some people still insistently continue to bring up this issue" and asked Mehmet Emin Arat, rector of the Marmara University to release his diploma information. [10] Marmara University released a statement stating that claims of Erdo?an having a fake diploma have no evidence. [11] UN?VDER (University Faculty Members Association) criticized rectorate of Marmara University for denying the fake diploma allegations without sharing any documents, while it was expected for them to release a copy of the diploma of Erdo?an and stated that there isn't any evidence for Erdo?an's graduation from any university. [12]

Witnesses [ edit ]

Aydın Ayaydın, a Member of Parliament from the opposition party CHP said that Erdo?an participated in the four-year degree education of Aksaray Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences, as Ayaydın himself was a teacher of Erdo?an. Expressing that he remembers Erdo?an and his classmates very well, Ayaydın said "one of his classmates is Mehmet Emin Arat, who currently is a professor at Marmara University." [13] Mehmet Emin Arat himself called the claims on Erdo?an not having a degree "unfair" and "baseless", stating that "the claims do not have any legal, official or historical basis". [14] Israeli Journalist Rafael Sadi, who was another classmate of Erdo?an, [15] said that he was irritated by "people that are telling baseless lies just to slander the man for the sake of opposition" and shared the names of professors that he and Erdo?an followed courses from. [16]

Erdo?an's education
Educational level School
Primary education Kasımpa?a Piyale Primary School
Secondary education Istanbul Imam Hatip School
and Eyup High School
Tertiary education Business Administration at the Aksaray Academy
of Economic and Commercial Sciences.
( Marmara University )

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Cengiz Aldemir (28 April 2014). "Erdo?an'ın diploması Meclis'te" [Erdo?an's diploma in parliament]. Sozcu (in Turkish) . Retrieved 3 December 2014 .
  2. ^ Karaman, Pinar (28 July 2022). "Erdo?an'ın lise diploması da yok" . Acıkca (Interview). Interviewed by Gokmen Karadag. Istanbul, Turkey: Halktv . Retrieved 26 August 2022 .
  3. ^ "Erdo?an'ın diploması aslında hangi okuldan" [Which school is Erdo?an's diploma from] (in Turkish). odaTV. 25 April 2014 . Retrieved 3 December 2014 .
  4. ^ "T.C.CUMHURBA?KANLI?I : Gorev ve Yetkiler" . www.tccb.gov.tr . Retrieved 2020-12-17 .
  5. ^ "Kamuoyuna Duyuru -SN. Cumhurba?kanımızın Diploması Hk" . Marmara University (in Turkish). 3 June 2016 . Retrieved 27 August 2022 .
  6. ^ Haber, Internet (3 June 2016). "Marmara Universitesi'nden Erdo?an acıklaması!" (in Turkish) . Retrieved 11 March 2023 .
  7. ^ "Eski YARSAV ba?kanından YSK'ya ba?vuru: Erdo?an'ın cumhurba?kanlı?ı iptal edilsin" . www.diken.com.tr . 2 June 2016 . Retrieved 27 August 2022 .
  8. ^ "Emina?ao?lu suc duyurusunda bulundu: Diploması sahte, Cumhurba?kanlı?ı iptal edilsin" . Cumhuriyet (in Turkish) . Retrieved 2020-12-18 .
  9. ^ Sırıklı, Aylin (8 June 2016). "YSK'dan Cumhurba?kanı Erdo?an'ın diplomasıyla ilgili itirazlara ret" . Anadolu Agency . Retrieved 27 August 2022 .
  10. ^ "Erdo?an'dan diploma iddialarına yanıt" . www.gazetevatan.com . Retrieved 2020-12-20 .
  11. ^ Mynet. "Marmara Universitesi'nden 'sahte diploma' acıklaması" . Mynet Haber (in Turkish) . Retrieved 2020-12-19 .
  12. ^ "UN?VDER: Marmara Universitesi mezunu olarak gosterilemez" . ?MC TV (in Turkish). 2016-06-08. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016 . Retrieved 2020-12-20 .
  13. ^ "Erdo?an hakkındaki o iddiayı CHP'li vekil yalanladı" . Milliyet (in Turkish). 24 April 2014 . Retrieved 27 August 2022 .
  14. ^ "Marmara University rector confirms Erdo?an is a graduate - Turkish Minute" . 3 June 2016 . Retrieved 27 August 2022 .
  15. ^ Gurcanli, Zeynep (23 June 2010). "Musevi okul arkada?ı Erdo?an'ı anlattı" . www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish) . Retrieved 27 August 2022 .
  16. ^ "Bu zamana kadar sustum ama artık sınıf arkada?ım Erdo?an hakkında konu?ma zamanı" . www.odatv4.com (in Turkish). 2 June 2016.
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