Bogazici protests: Police arrest more than a hundred protesters at top Turkish university
Students have been protesting the appointment of Melih Bulu as rector of Bogazici University by President Erdogan for nearly a month
Bulu is the first rector of a university to be appointed from outside a university since a military coup in 1950 (Reuters) By Published date: 2 February 2021 08:16 UTC | Last update: 1 month 1 week ago
Turkish police detained at least 159 people on Monday during protests against President Erdogan s appointment of a new rector at one of the country s top universities, Istanbul s governor s office said.
Students at Bogazici University in Istanbul have been protesting for nearly a month against the appointment of Melih Bulu.
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image captionA protest earlier this month against the appointment of the rector
Four students have been arrested in Turkey over an artwork that reportedly depicted LGBT rainbow symbols alongside an image of a sacred Islamic site.
Students at Bogazici University in Istanbul have been protesting against the appointment of a rector.
The Istanbul Governor s Office said the artwork was an ugly attack that mocked religious beliefs .
The interior minister tweeted that the students were deviants , drawing an angry response from activists.
While homosexuality has been legal throughout modern Turkey s history, official opposition to the LGBT community has grown in recent years. The Istanbul Pride march was banned for five years in a row up to 2019. Covid prevented any attempt to hold it in 2020.
Watch students play Metallica during university protests in Istanbul
Students at Bogazici University were demanding the resignation of their new loyalist president
Metallica’s James Hetfield (Picture: Getty)
Students at a university in Istanbul have used Metallica as the soundtrack to a protest – see footage below.
Students at Bogazici University in the Turkish city were demanding the resignation of their new loyalist president Melih Bulu.
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Though Bulu said he has no intention to change the culture of the institution, many students still called for his resignation at protests on campus on Wednesday (January 7).
The heavy metal soundtrack came due to a TV interview Bulu gave the day before the protests, in which he revealed that he is a Metallica fan.