#fake diploma

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 ‘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 ...

Sefa Karahasan, the Turkish public broadcaster TRT’s Cyprus correspondent, was arrested in the north in relation to the ongoing “fake diploma scandal” and appeared in court on Tuesday. Karahasan’...

Turkey’s higher education council (Yok) is to prepare a report on the state of the north’s education system in the wake of the “fake diploma scandal”, the north’...

The north’s former ‘interior minister’ Ziya Ozturkler on Tuesday denied having taken bribes from a university amid continued investigations and arrests in relation to the ongoing “fake diploma scandal”. ...

The north’s Famagusta police chief Baris Sel said his arrest in connection with the ongoing “fake diploma scandal” is a conspiracy against him on Friday. Sel was appearing in ...

The north’s ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of granting an amnesty for those who obtained fake diplomas but did not use them. Speaking in ‘...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s bodyguard Serif Avcil claimed to have “lost his phone on the way to the police station”, police sergeant Bilger Koral said in court on ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday made another intervention on the matter of the “fake diploma scandal” which has engulfed the north’s higher education sector. Speaking on the ...

Attention turned to a sitting ‘MP’ on Monday as the scandal engulfing the north’s education sector regarding “fake diplomas” rumbled on. The ‘MP’ in question is ruling coalition party ...