Recep Tayyip Erdoğan university diploma controversy
Controversy of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's alma mater / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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During Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's campaign for presidency in 2014 and throughout his presidency, there were numerous claims that he didn't graduate from a university and therefore he is ineligible to be President of Turkey, because he was not a university graduate.[1] Similar claims have also been made about Erdogan's high school diploma.[2] These claims refer to Article 101 of the Turkish constitution stating that presidential candidates are required to have completed their tertiary education.[3] The article however doesn't narrow down tertiary education to universities only, allowing other options such as trade schools and colleges.[4]
Erdoğan's degree is publicly accessible and viewable at Marmara University's online diploma department.[5][6]