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		stogot on March 19, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, ... Could a sympathetic university grant an honorary degree?

Quarrel on March 19, 2025 [–]

In Erdogan's Turkey, I doubt it.

If they did, I could see their accreditation being pulled.

Erdogan plays for keeps.

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