25.02.2025 18:10
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) President Ekrem İmamoğlu and Ankara Metropolitan Municipality (ABB) President Mansur Yavaş visited Gönül Özdağ, the 90-year-old mother of the detained leader of the Victory Party, Ümit Özdağ, at her home. After the visit, Ekrem İmamoğlu answered questions from journalists regarding the diploma crisis, stating, "If I call my friends from university, I can hold a rally. But that guy can't even find someone to play backgammon with."
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İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye (İBB) Başkanı Ekrem İmamoğlu and Ankara Büyükşehir Belediye (ABB) Başkanı Mansur Yavaş visited the 90-year-old mother of the detained leader of the Victory Party, Ümit Özdağ, Gönül Özdağ, at her home. After the visit, İmamoğlu made a statement regarding the diploma crisis.
İmamoğlu and Yavaş visited Gönül Özdağ, the mother of Ümit Özdağ, who is detained in Marmara Prison and lives in Çankaya, Ankara.
"AS A MOTHER, I ENTRUST IT TO GOD"
Yavaş and İmamoğlu were greeted at the door by the Victory Party delegation. Speaking after the visit, Gönül Özdağ said, "As a retired lawyer, I have great respect for all members of the judiciary who are aware that there is no button on their robes, but as a lawyer, I entrust those who commit all injustices and unlawful acts during this process to the true representatives of justice, of which I am sure will manifest one day, and as a mother, I entrust them to God."
"WE WANT HIS RELEASE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE"
After the visit, İmamoğlu and Yavaş answered questions from journalists. Yavaş stated, "We believe that the expectation of all of us, especially as a lawyer, is that detention should be a precautionary measure and should be lifted due to the lack of a possibility of tampering with evidence, and we think that this harms the government as well, and we have no doubt that it is an unjust detention. We wish for his release as soon as possible and for him to take the lead of both his family and his party, and to share his demands and wishes with the society as soon as possible, and we wish him a speedy recovery from here."
İMAMOĞLU'S RESPONSE TO ERDOĞAN ABOUT THE DIPLOMA
After the visit, Ekrem İmamoğlu made statements to the press, saying, "If I call my friends from university, I can hold a rally. But a man can't even find someone to play backgammon with."
DIPLOMA REPORT FROM YÖK
On the other hand, details of the report prepared by YÖK regarding the allegation that İBB President Ekrem İmamoğlu obtained his university diploma unlawfully have emerged. As a result of the investigation, it was revealed that the University College of Northern Cyprus, where İmamoğlu studied in 1990, is not recognized by YÖK.
The report stated, "It was found that he met the conditions specified in Article 5 of the regulation on horizontal transfer principles at the associate and undergraduate levels among Higher Education Institutions, but at the same time, it was understood that the University College of Northern Cyprus was not one of the universities recognized by YÖK in 1990 when the relevant person made the horizontal transfer, and the recognition of the relevant university was only decided by the Higher Education Executive Board in 1993, and it was understood that UCNC was not among the universities where horizontal transfer could be made in 1990."
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