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Turkish police officers detain protestors during a rally in support of Bogazici University students protesting against the appointment of Melih Bulu, a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) loyalist, as the new rector of the university, in Istanbul on February 4, 2021. Students are protesting against the Turkish president's decision last month (January 1) to name party loyalist Melih Bulu to head Istanbul's elite Bogazici University, with many students seeing his appointment as a part of the president's broader push to seize control of various facets of Turks' daily lives while in power for the past 18 years. Bulent Kilic / AFP
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish student Azelya Celik works late into the night typing up notes on molecular biology before grabbing a few hours sleep and heading into university - not to attend lectures but to support protests she says are crucial to shaping her country’s future.
Azelya Celik, a molecular biology student at Bogazici University, poses during an interview with Reuters outside the Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey February 3, 2021. Picture taken February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Celik is one of hundreds at Istanbul’s prestigious Bogazici University who have protested for a month against the appointment of a university rector by President Tayyip Erdogan, a move the students say was undemocratic.
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