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The Higher Education Board (YÖK) has launched an inquiry into allegations that about 450 students, most of whom are relatives of senior Justice and Development Party (AK Party) figures, were enrolled at Istanbul University's open and distance education faculty (AUZEF) even though they did not meet the enrollment criteria. All high school graduates have to pass the YGS and the LYS in order to be admitted to universities in Turkey.

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy parliamentary group co-chair has addressed a parliamentary question to the Education Minister, asking him to clarify the mystery surrounding the validity of the President’s university diploma amid an ongoing debate over whether the president was actually a university graduate. The debate has legal implications, as Article 101 of Turkey’s constitution states that the country’s president has to be chosen among citizens over 40 years of age who have a higher education diploma.