Errors in the document shared as İmamoğlu's 'exam record': Scandal in diploma investigation
The pro-government Sabah newspaper, known for its proximity to the ruling party, shared a document it claimed was Ekrem İmamoğlu's 'exam record' as part of a diploma investigation into him. Several details in the document that do not belong to that year have drawn attention.
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The newspaper published a document it announced as İmamoğlu's 'university entrance exam result document.' However, errors in the document did not go unnoticed.
TYPOS AND NUMBERS NOT IN USE AT THAT DATE
It was observed that the Student Selection Examination (ÖSS) document from 1988, published by Sabah newspaper, included a Turkish Identity Number, a system that was only implemented in the early 2000s. Before 2000, exam documents in Turkey did not contain a Turkish Identity Number; instead, a number assigned by ÖSYM was used.
Furthermore, contrary to the document claimed by the newspaper, the word 'hiçbir' (none/nothing) was written as a single word in 1988. It is considered unlikely that a document claimed to be an official ÖSYM record would contain such a spelling error.
On the other hand, it is also known that the format of ÖSYM result documents from those years was different.