02.04.2025 13:10
Istanbul University announced the reasons for the cancellation of the diplomas of 28 individuals, including the dismissed Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) President Ekrem İmamoğlu. It was stated that the canceled diplomas would be removed from the university database after the holiday.
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The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office had launched an investigation for the crime of "forgery in official documents" based on reports of the falsification of İBB President Ekrem İmamoğlu's diploma and findings in the report prepared by the Higher Education Council. İmamoğlu had given a statement to the prosecutor's office as part of the investigation.
The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, in a letter sent to Istanbul University regarding the investigation opened against İmamoğlu on the grounds that his university diploma was fake, requested that the necessary actions be taken as soon as possible to ensure that the transactions to be established based on İmamoğlu's diploma are not contrary to the law.
DIPLOMA WAS CANCELLED DUE TO "NONEXISTENCE" AND "OBVIOUS ERROR"
In a later statement made by Istanbul University, it was noted that the diplomas of 28 individuals, including İBB President İmamoğlu, were decided to be revoked on the grounds of "nonexistence" and "obvious error."
The statement said, "According to the report prepared by the Review Commission, it has been decided to revoke the horizontal transfer decisions of 10 individuals whose registrations were deleted among the 38 individuals who unlawfully transferred to our University’s Faculty of Business Administration English program in 1990, contrary to the decisions of the Higher Education Council and the conditions required by the legislation; to revoke the horizontal transfer decisions of the remaining 28 individuals who graduated, including the person mentioned in the 'Research Report' of the Higher Education Supervisory Board, and the diplomas and degrees obtained by these individuals based on these decisions on the grounds of 'nonexistence' and 'obvious error'; to continue the examinations and investigations regarding horizontal transfers made in all faculties of our University and subsequently to establish the necessary actions and transactions."
AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE TO REPLACE THE RESIGNED DEAN
On the other hand, Prof. Dr. Levent Şahin, the Vice-Rector, was appointed as the acting dean in place of the resigned Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration, Prof. Dr. Kamil Ahmet Köse. It was determined that the appointment was made just before the holiday.
DIPLOMAS WILL BE DELETED FROM THE DATABASE
A new development has occurred regarding the revoked diplomas of İmamoğlu and the 28 individuals accompanying him. According to a report in Sabah, it has been learned that the new dean of the Faculty of Business Administration, Prof. Dr. Levent Şahin, will initiate the necessary procedures to delete the relevant diplomas from the university database in accordance with the decision of the Istanbul University Management Board immediately after the holiday.
THOSE WHOSE DIPLOMAS WERE REVOKED AND REASONS FOR CANCELLATION
1-Mustafa Arıtürk (Insufficient general grade point average)
2-Timuçin Teçmen (Insufficient general grade point average)
3-Cevat Alkan Negiş (Insufficient general grade point average)
4-Cenk Bartın (Insufficient general grade point average)
5-Melikşah Özcan (Insufficient general grade point average)
6-Cem Diler (Insufficient general grade point average)
7-Eclan Ertan (Insufficient general grade point average)
8-Naciye Aylin Atay (Insufficient general grade point average - Professor at Galatasaray University Faculty of Business Administration)
9-Batuhan Tuncay (Insufficient general grade point average)
10-Serhat Sedat Kösetaş (Insufficient general grade point average)
11-Sevgi Toprak (Insufficient general grade point average - Daughter of Halis Toprak)
12-Ahmet Kaya (Insufficient general grade point average)
13-Ekrem İmamoğlu (Accepted from an institution not recognized by YÖK)
14-Orahan Kuray (Accepted from an institution not recognized by YÖK)
15-Ahmet Selim Güsar (Accepted from an institution not recognized by YÖK)
16-Hayri Kaan Başal (Insufficient general grade point average)
17-İsa Fatih Şabaz (Accepted from an institution not recognized by YÖK)
18-Banu Yalı (Insufficient general grade point average)
19-Sinan Esat Erdil (Insufficient general grade point average)
20-Cenk Karayel (Insufficient general grade point average)
21-Murat Büyük (Insufficient general grade point average)
22-Uğur Üstün (Accepted from an institution not recognized by YÖK)
23-Ayşegül Alan (Insufficient general grade point average)
24-Ergün Bargü (Insufficient general grade point average)
25-Ergün Sever (Insufficient general grade point average)
26-Yelda Eryaman (Insufficient general grade point average)
27-Erol Nadir Önal (Insufficient general grade point average)
28-Eren Güredin (Used his father's nonexistent assignment)
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