Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president

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Post by perihelions » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 8:31 PM UTC

Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president
reuters.com

Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president

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Post by anticensor » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 8:34 PM UTC

This is not only revoking his diploma, but establishing a very dangerous precedent in Turkey: "all rights are temporary and can be revoked on a whim"

Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president

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Post by Bostonian » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 8:35 PM UTC

I doubt the university did this for non-political reasons, and requiring a university degree to hold office is a bad idea anyway.

Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president

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Post by anticensor » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 8:38 PM UTC

Bostonian wrote: post #3

I doubt the university did this for non-political reasons, and requiring a university degree to hold office is a bad idea anyway.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43404726, though, it sets a dangerous precedent: any right can be revoked anytime for any reason, nothing is truly earned.

Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president

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Post by anigbrowl » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 9:07 PM UTC

Bostonian wrote: post #3

I doubt the university did this for non-political reasons, and requiring a university degree to hold office is a bad idea anyway.

What happens if some foreign university confers an honorary degree on him?

Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president

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Post by iLoveOncall » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 9:11 PM UTC

anticensor wrote: post #2

This is not only revoking his diploma, but establishing a very dangerous precedent in Turkey: "all rights are temporary and can be revoked on a whim"

This is absolutely nothing new for Turkey.

Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president

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Post by anticensor » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 9:15 PM UTC

anigbrowl wrote: post #5

Bostonian wrote: post #3

I doubt the university did this for non-political reasons, and requiring a university degree to hold office is a bad idea anyway.

What happens if some foreign university confers an honorary degree on him?

In Turkish educational system, honorary degrees are only applicable to the institute granting the degree itself. You instead need to have an earned degree to be able to use the privileges outside the institute granting the degree.

Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president

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Post by ReptileMan » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 9:28 PM UTC

anticensor wrote: post #2

This is not only revoking his diploma, but establishing a very dangerous precedent in Turkey: "all rights are temporary and can be revoked on a whim"

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Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president

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Post by aiono » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 9:33 PM UTC

I am from Turkey and this really concerns me. If we don't protest this in the streets and fight back I am afraid we don't have any kind of law anymore.

Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president

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Post by ginko » Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 9:39 PM UTC

Wasn't aware that a university degree is a requirement to run for president in Turkey. I'm not aware of any other country that does that.

edit: Wikipedia actually has a list[1]. Did you know you need to have a bank account to be eligible to become president of France?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidential_qualifica...