Government Decree: Turkish Government

government decree: By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Fri., May 12, 2017 Shortly after the attempted coup last July against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's regime, Inan Korkmaz found out from an online government decree that his government scholarship had been cancelled, according to Toronto Star. The Queen's University computer engineering student also learned his educational credentials would not be recognized in Turkey because he was connected with the FETO short for Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organization, which is how the Turkish government refers to the movement it claims was behind the July 15 coup. Mehmet Caman, a visiting political science professor at Newfoundland's Memorial University, said, There's no rule of law in Turkey now. With his postgraduate studies and status in Canada in jeopardy, Korkmaz went to the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa for assistance. The government shut down my bank account and my family couldn't send money to help me, said Korkmaz, 29, who came to study in Canada in 2011 on the scholarship and was granted asylum in March. Instead, officials there seized his passport, according to his asylum claim filed in January. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.