#fake diploma

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday evening, with rumours abounding that he intended to use the meeting to gain Erdogan’...

A Turkish mayor who claims to have studied at a university in Cyprus said years after his claimed graduation date that he wished to see the university “in person” and ...

The Turkish Cypriot police have accessed records of telephone communications between the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ Ziya Ozturkler and officials from a university in Morphou, in which it has been ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Sila Usar Incirli on Monday said an “atomic bomb” of corruption has been dropped on the north after a second ‘MP’ from the ...

The north’s ‘parliament speaker’ Ziya Ozturkler was on Monday accused of lawbreaking during a court case relating to the ongoing “fake diploma scandal” which has engulfed the Turkish Cypriot ...

Fatma Unal, who has enjoyed a years-long close personal association with the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel, received her degree from the now infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences ...

Fatma Unal, who has enjoyed a years-long close personal association with the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel, was on Thursday asked by the prosecution to change her lawyer in ...

The trial of former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki, who stands accused of having forged a high school diploma, a university degree, and a letter of recommendation, was postponed again on ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Monday upheld a decision to not acquiesce to a request filed by the north’s chief public prosecutor’s office to lift the immunity of ...

A political ally of former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator Kudret Ozersay was released on bail on Monday after it turned out that the signatures on documents he had allegedly forged ...

A political ally of former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator Kudret Ozersay was arrested on Thursday night, amid a deepening row between Ozersay and the north’s ruling coalition over the ...

The opposition in the north has expressed anger over the decision of ‘MPs’ from ruling coalition party the UBP to refuse to lift the ‘parliamentary’ immunity of one of their ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Tuesday refused to acquiesce to a request filed by the north’s chief public prosecutor’s office to lift the immunity of ruling coalition party ...

The north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak) on Friday suspended the operation of 29 programmes at Morphou’s Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) – the university upon which the ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Monday resolved to create a committee to examine a request filed by the north’s chief public prosecutor’s office to lift the immunity of ...

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘education minister’ Kemal Durust was on Friday given bail ahead of his trial for his alleged part in the ongoing “fake diploma scandal”. In court in Morphou ...

An investigation has been launched in Turkey into Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu over allegations that documents related to his transfer from a university in northern Cyprus to one in Turkey ...

Serdal Gunduz, the secretary-general and 30-per-cent shareholder of Morphou’s Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU), on Wednesday pointed the finger at ‘MPs’ from the north’s largest party ...

The issue of the north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak)’s membership of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (Enqa) “must be resolved” before a scheduled ...

Students at the now-infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) in Morphou on Thursday denied any links to a student recruitment agency which had been receiving thousands of euros ...

The now-infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) in Morphou was paying invoices to a student recruitment agency for students who did not exist, according to witness testimony in ...

The number of new students being registered at the north’s universities this academic year is 11 per cent lower than last year, it was revealed on Tuesday. A total of 12,180 ...

The north is working to “create a reliable system in the field of higher education”, higher education accreditation authority (Yodak) chairman Aykut Hocanin said on Wednesday. Speaking following a meeting ...

Two high-profile suspects in the north’s fake diploma scandal investigation appeared in court in Morphou again on Thursday. Investigations are still centring around the town’s now infamous Cyprus ...