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Students protest Erdogan’s choice for university rector ‘MASTER OF PUPPETS’: Students held a march through Istanbul and clashed with police over the appointment of Melih Bulu, a losing candidate in the 2015 general election AFP, ISTANBUL, Turkey Hundreds of students on Wednesday ignored police warnings and marched across Istanbul to protest Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of a loyalist as the head of a top university. The second demonstration in three days against his pick for Bogazici University delivered a rare challen...

ISTANBUL: Hundreds of Turkish students ignored police warnings and marched across Istanbul on Wednesday to protest President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of a loyalist as the head of a top university. The second demonstration in three days against Erdogan’s pick for Bogazici University delivered a rare challenge to the Turkish leader since he cracked down on dissent after surviving a coup bid in 2016. More than 1,000 people scuffled with police on Monday to protest Erdogan’s appointment of Melih Bulu — a losing candidate from the ruling AKP party in the 2015 general election —...