Ankara calls student protesters 'LGBT perverts' amid artwork controversy

Ankara calls student protesters 'LGBT perverts' amid artwork controversy
dw.com
2/4/2021
Burcu Karakas, Daniel Bellut
Clashes between students from Bogazici University and Turkish police show no sign of abating. Many students have been arrested, while the interior minister has lashed out with homophobic hate speech over an artwork.
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Students at Bogazici University in Istanbul have been protesting for weeks about a controversial appointment
Turkish police have responded to protests by students at Istanbul's Bogazici University with an iron fist. On Monday alone, they arrested 159 students — 61 of them remain in custody, according to the Turkish news agency Anadolu. Since early January, there have been regular police raids or arbitrary arrests of students who have been protesting against the appointment of Professor Melih Bulu, a supporter of Erdogan, as the rector of the prestigious university.

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