HÜDA PAR mayoral candidate also obtained a fake diploma: Became a colleague of a civil engineer
A criminal network that illegally produced graduation certificates by copying electronic signatures via e-Devlet and registered these documents into the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) system has been dismantled. The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has completed the indictment. HÜDA PAR's Ferhat Uzun is also included in that indictment.
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As Turkey discusses the fake diploma scandal, new details continue to emerge day by day.
It has been revealed that HÜDA PAR Niğde Mayoral Candidate Ferhat Uzun, who was arrested on May 26 due to a fake diploma, told a civil engineer, "Brother Ahmet, I have become your colleague now."
CLAIMED HE WAS CHECKING HIS MEMBERSHIP TO A CHARITY
Ferhat Uzun performed a graduation certificate inquiry on his mobile phone 11 times on March 3, 2024, the date the diploma was created. Other individuals mentioned in the case had also performed graduation certificate inquiries through their mobile operators in the same manner.
According to the report by Tuğba Tekerek from DW, Ferhat Uzun obtained a fake diploma from the Civil Engineering department of Yıldız Technical University.
In his statement, Ferhat Uzun claimed this was a coincidence, stating that he was performing an inquiry on e-Devlet during the membership process for a charity organization.
"BROTHER AHMET, WE HAVE BECOME COLLEAGUES"
One of the interesting details is the message Uzun sent to a person saved as a civil engineer on his phone.
In the message, it was seen that after the diploma was obtained, it was stated, 'We have become colleagues':
"Ahmet brother, we have become colleagues now, Yıldız Technical University civil engineer. May God be pleased with you (...) come and join me, we will place you somewhere, with God's permission, you will work as a site manager at a firm."
Uzun denied the allegations against him. Regarding the diploma, he used the defense, "It was neither downloaded from e-Devlet, nor used, nor given to any place." He commented on the curious message by saying, "I am sure we do not know who sent this message."
HÜDA PAR also issued a statement regarding the matter, saying, "The individual named Ferhat Uzun was nominated as a mayoral candidate in the past, but he currently has no connection with our party."