26.02.2025 15:14
The leader of the CHP, Özgür Özel, responded to the question "Will İmamoğlu's diploma be revoked?" regarding the investigation initiated against İBB President Ekrem İmamoğlu. Özel stated, "Can something that exists be made nonexistent? A diploma issued 31 years ago, courses passed. If someone committed a murder 31 years ago, that murder would already be dismissed due to the statute of limitations."
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office had launched an investigation for the crime of "forgery of official documents" based on reports of the İBB President Ekrem İmamoğlu's diploma being fake and findings in the report prepared by the Higher Education Council regarding the falsity of his diploma. In a letter sent to Istanbul University as part of this investigation, it was requested that necessary actions be taken as soon as possible to ensure that the operations to be established based on İmamoğlu's diploma are not contrary to the law.
THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE MADE A NEW STATEMENT
After the letter, the prosecutor's office made another statement saying, "Apart from the issues that are clearly understood from the content of the letter, especially regarding the 'diploma cancellation', it has been stated that irreversible damages may occur regarding the said document in the future, and our letter has been sent to Istanbul University for the necessary administrative measures to be taken, including the withdrawal process."
ÖZGÜR ÖZEL: ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY HAS PUBLISHED A NEWSPAPER ANNOUNCEMENT
CHP Chairman Özgür Özel made a statement regarding the 'diploma' investigation initiated against İBB President Ekrem İmamoğlu. Özel said, "While the diploma of the person managing the country is being debated, starting such a discussion and knowing what the outcome will be... It is clear that there is equivalence, all documents have been completed, there is no special process for the individual, Istanbul University has published a newspaper announcement, while hundreds of people are in the same situation... Hoping for the cancellation of that diploma is nothing but the impotence of those who govern this country. It shows how much they fear Ekrem İmamoğlu and how valuable our primary election is. It is a situation that shows how afraid Tayyip Erdoğan is of his rival and how he tries to eliminate him."
"LET'S SEE IF HE HAS IFTAR WITH HIS UNIVERSITY FRIENDS IN RAMADAN"
If there is a mind managing the AK Party, they would surely appreciate that they have taken the most politically wrong step. Such a clumsy job cannot be done. This will turn against them and hit Erdoğan. It is known that Erdoğan does not have a diploma, does not have school friends, and the only instructor who taught him is a candidate for mayor of Muğla, and apart from that, no one has seen him in class or in the amphitheater. He has no photos with his school friends. If he has, let him take a photo with his classmates and let’s see. Let him have an iftar with his university friends this Ramadan and let’s see. My concerns about the country have increased due to such clumsily conducted politics.
"I DO NOT EXPECT A CANCELLATION"
Özel stated that he does not expect İmamoğlu's university diploma to be canceled, saying, "Can something that exists become nonexistent? A diploma issued 31 years ago, courses passed. The university has been announced, it said 'come and apply to me'. The application was accepted. If someone committed a murder 31 years ago, that murder is already extinguished due to the statute of limitations," he said.