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İmamoğlu tells court diploma annulment aimed at blocking his presidential bid - Turkish Minute

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has told a court that prosecutors pressured İstanbul University into annulling his university diploma last year, decades after it was issued, claiming that the move was politically timed to block his presidential bid, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Thursday.
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The Gendarmerie General Command responded to CHP Member of Parliament Özçağdaş's insult to the gendarmerie. The statement indicated that they are following up on the investigation launched into the matter.

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The hearing for the lawsuit filed by Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was removed from his position as Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), against the cancellation of his undergraduate diploma is taking place in Silivri. Tensions arose between those who tried to cross the security barricade and the gendarmerie teams before the hearing. The Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an ex officio investigation into the incident. Ekr…

The first hearing in Ekrem İmamoğlu's diploma case in Silivri began tensely. While a scuffle broke out in front of the courthouse, İmamoğlu presented his defense for about an hour, and chants of "President İmamoğlu" echoed from outside. The insult directed at the gendarmerie by CHP member Suat Özçağdaş further heightened tensions before the hearing.

CHP Istanbul MP Suat Özçağdaş insulted the gendarmerie officers providing security in Silivri by calling them "dishonorable."

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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gazetepencere.com broke the news in on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
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