For a quick reference to anti-freedom-of-the-press and Internet censorship under Erdogan in Turkey, recently:
Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president
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#12This 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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That sounds like pretty arbitrary borders you are setting: I don't really see much difference between stuff happening West of Vienna and East of South Korea too (one of those countries has a president who basically tried to stage a coup, and now are back in power ignoring any rule of law).
Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president
#13What was his degree in? The article doesn’t say.
Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president
#14This 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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India is quite big. Any Indians around here want to comment on whether these shenanigans are common there? I have the impression they're not but maybe I'm wrong.
Talking about India, Lex Fridman interviewed Modi [1] recently, worth a listen or read.
Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president
#15What was his degree in? The article doesn’t say.
Business administration.
Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president
#16This 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"
> "all rights are temporary and can be revoked on a whim"
That is the basis on which practically everything I have purchased from American companies (or their subsidiary in a tax haven) exists.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
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India is quite big. Any Indians around here want to comment on whether these shenanigans are common there? I have the impression they're not but maybe I'm wrong. Talking about India, Lex Fridman interviewed Modi [1] recently, worth a listen or read. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43405546
Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I'm sure this will come soon to the US with our new overlords looking for new dystopian ideas.
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#19Wasn'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...
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Re: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president
#20Wasn'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...
I googled a bit around because I found the requirement weird, and it's slightly misleading. Candidates need to have a separate bank account for the election, so that it can be monitored (there are various limits to how much funding they can get and so on as far as I understand).