“A Public Call to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: An Invitation for DNA Testing and Identity ClarificatiHere is the English translation of Selahattin Demirtaş’s specific questions and the context regarding the President’s diploma and academic background:Selahattin Demirtaş’s Questions Regarding the DiplomaIn his writings from Edirne Prison (specifically in articles published in September 2022 via Gazete Duvar), Selahattin Demirtaş raised several pointed questions regarding President Erdoğan’s university education, often using a satirical tone (referring to a “President of Madagascar”). His primary arguments focus on the absence of a social and academic network from that period: * Where are the University Friends? > “You have appointed almost all of your middle school and high school friends to various positions within the state. Why haven’t you appointed a single university friend, even for the sake of variety? Isn’t that unfair to your university friends?” > * The Silence of the Professors: > “Even if we assume you had no friends, didn’t you have any professors at university? Why hasn’t a single professor come forward to this day and said, ‘He was my student’? Conversely, why haven’t you ever said, ‘Professor so-and-so was my teacher at university’?” > * The Lack of Photographic Evidence and Memories: > “Is it possible for a person not to have even a single photograph from their university years? Why are there no university photos? Why are there no university memories in your life story?” > * Missing Classmates: > “Why has not a single person come forward to say, ‘We studied university together, we were in the same school, in the same class’?” > Official Responses and the Legal StatusIn response to these persistent allegations, Marmara University has issued official statements confirming that President Erdoğan graduated in 1981. The university shared records of his diploma and graduation documents, asserting that the claims have no legal basis.Additionally, some figures from that era (such as Aydın Ayaydın, who was an assistant/professor at the time) have occasionally appeared in the media to provide brief testimonies regarding his presence at the school during those years.Would you like me to translate the official response from Marmara University or look into the specific legal counter-arguments regarding the “1981 graduation” records?

on”

Here is the English translation of Selahattin Demirtaş’s specific questions and the context regarding the President’s diploma and academic background:
Selahattin Demirtaş’s Questions Regarding the Diploma
In his writings from Edirne Prison (specifically in articles published in September 2022 via Gazete Duvar), Selahattin Demirtaş raised several pointed questions regarding President Erdoğan’s university education, often using a satirical tone (referring to a “President of Madagascar”). His primary arguments focus on the absence of a social and academic network from that period:

• Where are the University Friends?

“You have appointed almost all of your middle school and high school friends to various positions within the state. Why haven’t you appointed a single university friend, even for the sake of variety? Isn’t that unfair to your university friends?”

• The Silence of the Professors:
  “Even if we assume you had no friends, didn’t you have any professors at university? Why hasn’t a single professor come forward to this day and said, ‘He was my student’? Conversely, why haven’t you ever said, ‘Professor so-and-so was my teacher at university’?”
• The Lack of Photographic Evidence and Memories:
  “Is it possible for a person not to have even a single photograph from their university years? Why are there no university photos? Why are there no university memories in your life story?”
• Missing Classmates:
  “Why has not a single person come forward to say, ‘We studied university together, we were in the same school, in the same class’?”

Official Responses and the Legal Status
In response to these persistent allegations, Marmara University has issued official statements confirming that President Erdoğan graduated in 1981. The university shared records of his diploma and graduation documents, asserting that the claims have no legal basis.
Additionally, some figures from that era (such as Aydın Ayaydın, who was an assistant/professor at the time) have occasionally appeared in the media to provide brief testimonies regarding his presence at the school during those years.
Would you like me to translate the official response from Marmara University or look into the specific legal counter-arguments regarding the “1981 graduation” records?