A 70-year-old man in Ankara has fulfilled his long-standing dream of earning a journalism degree after returning to university through a student amnesty program and graduating alongside his daughter.
Erdoğan Doğan, who was forced to leave his journalism studies in 1976 due to the difficult conditions of the period, completed his degree nearly 50 years later at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University.
Doğan, a businessperson, had dreamed of becoming a journalist since childhood. Although he gained admission to the journalism department after taking university entrance exams for a second time, he was unable to continue his education and eventually left school.
Over the years, several amnesty programs allowed former students to resume their studies, but Doğan chose not to return and gradually gave up on completing his degree.
His daughter, lawyer Azra Doğan Haçkalı, ultimately changed his mind.
