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Boğaziçi University Graduate Detained for Tearing up Diploma in Protest of İMamoğlu Crackdown - Turkish Minute

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Turkish police on Friday detained a university graduate who tore up his diploma during a graduation ceremony at Boğaziçi University to protest what he called the injustices of a “despotic regime,” including the revocation of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s university degree, the Birgün daily reported.
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Doruk Dörücü, who was detained in a dawn raid after he tore up his own diploma to protest the cancellation of CHP’s presidential candidate and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s diploma at Boğaziçi University’s 158th Graduation Ceremony, denied the accusation in his statement to the police. Dörücü was referred to the courthouse.

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Doruk Dörücü, who graduated from Boğaziçi University’s Sociology department with a ‘high honors’ degree, tore his diploma during the graduation ceremony. When one of the guests reacted to Dörücü’s speech by saying, ‘We came to graduate, not to listen to politics,’ things went haywire. At the graduation ceremony held at Boğaziçi University, a student was arrested after his diploma was revoked after 31 years […] The article Boğaziçi University tor…

There was a notable protest at the graduation ceremony held at Boğaziçi University. Sociology graduate Doruk Dörücü tore his own diploma on stage in protest against the cancellation of the diploma of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor and arrested presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu. [related-posts id="154356" color="bg-primary"][/related-posts] Speaking at the podium, student Doruk Dörücü expressed his reaction with the words, "The…

At the Boğaziçi University graduation ceremony, a student tore up Ekrem İmamoğlu's diploma, reminding him of the cancellation of his diploma. The student, who graduated from the sociology department, said, "I reject the tyrannical regime that closes faculties and cancels diplomas."

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T24 broke the news in Türkiye on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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