The Pros And Cons Of Diploma Equivalency

I would like to share my concerns about the diploma equivalency, such as Associate, Undergraduate, Master’s and Doctoral degrees, between the United States and Turkey. I have observed that there is a big unfairness and difference while proceeding diploma equivalency. Turkey has unfairly treated the US diplomas, although the US accepts all Turkish degrees and makes them equivalent to the US diplomas. This is injustice, and Turkish Government has unfairly done it a lot of times to the US diplomas through their Higher Education Office, which is Yuksek Ogretim Kurulu (www.yok.gov.tr). This treatment from Turkish Government looks double standard and fools the US, and moreover The Turkish Higher Education Office does not legitimize most of the universities and colleges in the US. They say

I know that the United States gives a wonderful opportunity to a less development state, which is Turkey, on education, but some faculty positions have been occupied by many Turkish academic people in the US, who have neither a green card nor a US citizenship. These Turkish academic people have worked in the US for years only with a working permit visa by renewing it, but they have occupied the American academic people’s places. In this manner, they stole the Americans’ rights. This is totally unfair because when Americans or Turkish-Americans try to make their diplomas equivalent to a Turkish diploma, Turkish government would not give this equivalency and will put many bureaucratic obstacles to make the applicants give up. I am a Turkish-American, who has lived in the US for over a decade. I know how unfair Turkish Government treats the US diplomas. Many Turkish academic people have worked in the US, and occupied the faculty positions that the American academic people deserve. These Turkish academic people have worked in the US for years by renewing their working