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A new Turkish draft law: prison sentences of up to 5 years for forging university certificates

The Turkish Justice and Development Party presented a draft law to amend the Higher Education Law that imposes prison sentences of up to 5 years for those who forge university degrees, and 4 years for those who open unlicensed higher education institutions.

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1The Turkish Justice and Development Party presented a draft law to amend the Higher Education Law that imposes prison sentences of up to 5 years for those who forge university degrees, and 4 years for those who open unlicensed higher education institutions.
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The ruling Justice and Development Party in Turkey presented a draft law consisting of 28 articles to amend the Higher Education Law, which includes severe penalties for forging university certificates and academic theft.

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According to the draft law, anyone who opens an unlicensed higher education institution in the name of a foreign educational institution will face a prison sentence of up to 4 years, while the punishment also reaches 4 years for anyone who practices a higher educational activity in violation of legislation, and 3 years for anyone who promotes this. Institutions.

Anyone who issues forged graduation certificates, diplomas, or certificates will be subject to the provisions for forging official documents, with a prison sentence that may reach 5 years.

The draft law also targets obtaining academic titles irregularly, as academic titles will be withdrawn from anyone who causes another person to write his thesis, article, or book, and he will be dismissed from his profession, while anyone who prepares an academic work in the name of another person or mediates in this will face administrative fines of up to 10 thousand days fine.

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