A lokacin yakin neman zaben Recep Tayyip Erdoğan na shugabancin kasar a shekarar 2014 da kuma duk tsawon shugabancinsa, an yi ta ikirari da zarge-zarge da yawa da ke zargin cewa bai kammala karatun jami'a ba don haka bai cancanci zama Shugaban Turkiyya ba saboda bai kammala karatun jami'a ba kamar yadda doka ta 101 ta kundin tsarin mulkin Turkiyya ta tanada . A watan Yunin 2016, ömen Faruk Eminağaoğlu, tsohon shugaban YARSAV (Kungiyar Alƙalai da Masu gabatar da kara) ya bayyana cewa difloma Erdoğan a jami'a, ya zargi Erdoğan da jabun takardu kuma ya yi kira da a kawo ƙarshen shugabancin Erdoğan. Nan da nan Jami'ar Marmara ta fitar da sanarwa inda ta ce ikirarin Erdoğan na mallakar difloma ta bogi ba shi da wata hujja. ÜNİVDER (Kungiyar Malaman Jami'a) sun soki gyara jami'ar Marmara saboda musanta zarge-zargen difloma ba tare da raba wasu takardu ba, yayin da aka keɓe su akan su saki kwafin difloma na Erdoğan tare da bayyana cewa babu wata hujja game da kammala Erdoğan daga kowace jami'a.