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Students and faculty at top Turkish university battle Erdogan’s attempt at control Kareem Fahim © Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images Turkish police block the entrance of the Bogazici University in Istanbul, on Feb. 1, 2021. ISTANBUL —The Turkish government's appointment of an outside rector to an esteemed Istanbul university has led to weeks of demonstrations, hundreds of arrests and some of the most vocal and sustained complaints in years against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's expansive powers. The protests began in early January, after Erdogan’s government appointe...
Last Updated On: Jan 11 2021 08:01 Gmt+3 Boğaziçi University is one of Turkey’s oldest higher education institutions. It was founded in 1863 by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist, and Cyrus Hamlin, a Protestant missionary teacher. In 1878, the institution stated that "The object of the College is to give to its students, without distinction of race or religion, a thorough educational equal in all respects to that obtained at a first-class American college and based upon the same general principles." From 1971, Robert College became the name of the high school affiliated to ...