Ertuğrul Demirözcan
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Foreign Affairs Newsletters Log In Subscribe Menu Turkey Is Now a Full-Blown Autocracy Foreign Affairs Newsletters Log In Subscribe Menu Turkey Is Now a Full-Blown Autocracy Why Erdogan May Come to Regret His Latest Power Grab Gonul Tol March 21, 2025 Supporters of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu protesting in Istanbul, March 2025 Supporters of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu protesting in Istanbul, March 2025 Tolga Uluturk / Reuters GONUL TOL is Director of the Middle East Institute’s Turkish Program and the author of Erdogan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria. Just days before Turkey’s main opposition party was set to select its next presidential candidate, the leading contender, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, was arrested and jailed, effectively removing him from the race. In this brazen act of political suppression, the Turkish government has taken a momentous step toward full-fledged autocracy. The scheme to take Imamoglu out of play was calculated and thorough. On Tuesday, Imamoglu’s alma mater, Istanbul University, revoked his diploma—by law, Turkish presidential candidates must possess university degrees—citing alleged violations of Higher Education Board regulations. The next day, Imamoglu was arrested on charges of

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DONYA TURKISH NEWS / WORLD TURKISH NEWS: Canada IFJ - INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALIST. I have been a freelance journalist for twenty-five years, writing articles and news, and I never use a press card. My goal is to write only the truth and facts. To let people know what they don't hear, to show them what they don't see. Now, fake diploma gangs have emerged in Turkey. They have given fake diplomas to thousands of people. Some are professors, some are judges, some are engineers. These events are making headlines on TV. I spent years struggling to study, and now diplomas are being sold for money, and those who receive them work for the government. Isn't this journalistic news? The AKP Chairman's diploma is also questionable. Aren't these newsworthy? Thirty-five years ago, Ekrem İmamoğlu's well-deserved diploma was revoked just so he wouldn't be a candidate. Will those who received it be subjected to the same...
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