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‘Symbolic power’: Melih Bulu was fired after months of campus protests Academics in Turkey say they have won a rare victory for university autonomy after a politically appointed rector was dismissed following six months of protest. The firing of Melih Bulu, a former ruling party candidate who was appointed at Boğaziçi University by the president in January, could be a turning point in the fight for academic freedom, they hope, which has come under intense pressure since a failed coup attempt in 2016. Professor Bulu’s outside appointment − under a 2018 law that allows president Recep...

EU, international academics condemn detention of students The European Union has condemned the arrest of two students in Turkey over a poster promoting LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) viewpoints, the detention of hundreds of students who protested against the arrests and the use of anti-LGBT hate speech by politicians and officials. In addition, 3,317 academics, thinkers and writers from around the world have released a joint statement condemning the actions against the Bogazici University students and calling on the rector who was controversially appointed by the Turkish presid...