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Boğaziçi University students answer: ‘I am declared a terrorist because…’

Having claimed that “terrorists were involved” in the protests against the appointment of Prof. Bulu as the university president of Boğaziçi, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan has once again targeted the protests: “We have seen this film so many times in 18 years.”

11 January 2021

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY PROTESTS

‘We won’t abide by any bargaining, we want free universities’

The students of Atatürk Institute at Boğaziçi University will march against the appointment of Prof. Bulu as the university president: “They want to persecute all of our dreams and efforts just as they used handcuffs to close the gates of the university.”

11 January 2021

Erdoğan says Bulu suitable for rectorship, calls Boğaziçi University protesters 'terrorists'

The president's appointment of a rector who is a member of his party has sparked protests among students and academics.

8 January 2021

RECTOR APPOINTMENT TO BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY

'Rectors with low academic qualifications harm universities' development'

The newly appointed rector of Boğaziçi University, Melih Bulu, doesn't have high academic qualifications, says Prof. Karadağ, who studies the academic success of Turkey's universities.

7 January 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Boğaziçi rector appointment shows 'trustee policies not limited to HDP municipalities'

Ruling the country through trustees is becoming a dominant method used by the government, says Sancar.

7 January 2021

Advisor to Boğaziçi University President resigns

Resigning from office amid protests against the appointment of university president, Prof. Zafer Yenal has said, “Let’s keep working harder for goodness and beauty so that we will not see a university with its gates handcuffed again.”

7 January 2021

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY PROTESTS

Minister Soylu: Police did the right thing

Interior Minister Soylu has defended the police intervention at Boğaziçi University: “The Turkish police, who did not allow the terror-related illegal groups that are not from Boğaziçi and tried to enter the university, did the right thing.”

7 January 2021

Boğaziçi students in Kadıköy: 'Release our friends from detention'

Students of Boğaziçi University have been protesting the appointment of Prof. Bulu as the university president by Erdoğan. The Boğaziçi Solidarity previously made a call for a protest demonstration and press statement in Kadıköy at 4 p.m. today.

6 January 2021 Dilek Şen

PROTEST AGAINST UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Bulu waves from window, students demand his resignation

Students are still protesting Prof. Melih Bulu, who has been appointed as the president of Boğaziçi University, one of the most most prestigious universities in Turkey, by President and ruling AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

6 January 2021

CHP Chair slams Erdoğan over appointment of university president

“Erdoğan can appoint whomever he wants as a university president. His only condition is that he or she is from his party,” says main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu amid criticisms about the appointment of Prof. Bulu as the Boğaziçi president.

6 January 2021

BOĞAZİÇİ STUDENTS CALLED FOR PROTEST

Demonstrations, marches banned in İstanbul’s Beşiktaş, Sarıyer

İstanbul Governor’s Office, in an attempt to prevent Boğaziçi students’ protest, has announced that demonstrations and marches have been banned in the districts of Sarıyer and Beşiktaş, where the campuses of the university are located.

6 January 2021

APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF BOĞAZİÇİ

Bulu: Our students, academics don’t see the big picture

Appointed by President Erdoğan as the new president of Boğaziçi University, Bulu has said, “If we will become one of the 10 leading countries of the world, Boğaziçi is a must here. Our students, academics perhaps don’t see the big picture.”

6 January 2021

14 more people detained for protesting appointment of university president

After 22 people were detained for protesting the appointment of a university president to Boğaziçi by President and AKP Chair Erdoğan, 14 more people have been taken into custody. There were reportedly warrants against 28 people.

6 January 2021

FROM ‘METU MUST BE DEFENDED’

‘From Boğaziçi to METU, we don’t accept trustees’

While several students are still detained for having protested the appointment of Prof. Bulu as the new president of Boğaziçi University, the students of Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara have expressed solidarity with Boğaziçi students.

5 January 2021

17 students detained for protesting new president of Boğaziçi University

The state-run AA has reported that a detention warrant has been issued against 28 students who protested the appointment of Prof. Bulu as the new President of Boğaziçi University. 17 students are currently detained.

5 January 2021

AKP spokesperson defends Erdoğan's controversial appointment to Boğaziçi University

The appointment has sparked outrage among the students and the academics of the university.

5 January 2021

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu: I stand with students, academics of Boğaziçi

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Metropolitan Mayor of İstanbul, has expressed his solidarity with the students and academics of Boğaziçi University in their "righteous struggle" against the new university president appointed by President Erdoğan.

5 January 2021

PROTESTS AGAINST UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Police attack students with pepper gas at Boğaziçi University

Students have gathered in the South Campus of Boğaziçi University in İstanbul and protested the appointment of Prof. Bulu, also a former MP candidate for nomination from the ruling AKP, as the University President. Police have intervened into the protest.

4 January 2021 Dilek Şen

‘We are all in the same boat,’ says the appointed President of Boğaziçi University

Amid harsh criticisms of students and faculty members, Prof. Bulu, who has been appointed by Erdoğan to the Presidency of Boğaziçi University outside its community, has shared a message on his Twitter account, welcoming his appointment to the position.

4 January 2021

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY FACULTY

‘Academic administrators can be appointed only after being elected’

Faculty members of Boğaziçi, one of the most prestigious universities in Turkey, have denounced the appointment of Prof. Bulu, an academic outside its community, to the Presidency of Boğaziçi University: “We don’t accept, we don’t give up!”

3 January 2021

COVID-19 FAMILY RESEARCH

How has pandemic affected family life in Turkey?

A team of academics from Boğaziçi University have shared the results of their second study on the reflections of COVID-19 in family life in Turkey. 323 parents from 39 cities participated in an online survey between May 15 and June 1.

31 July 2020

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY TRIAL

10 Months Deferred Prison Sentence for 20 Students, Acquittal for 3 Students

Thirty students of Boğaziçi University stood trial for having opened a banner that read, "Invasion, massacre cannot be marked with delight" in protest of a group of students giving out Turkish delight at the campus with respect to Turkey's military operation in Syria's Afrin.

31 January 2020 Tansu Pişkin

7th Pride Parade Held in Boğaziçi University

Organized by the Boğaziçi University LGBTI+ Studies Club, the 7th Pride Parade was held in the university on April 17. Waving rainbow flags, the students also carried the banner, “We have brought along the METU Pride Parade to everywhere."

19 April 2019

Witness Not Heard in Boğaziçi University Students' Case

In the hearing of the Boğaziçi University students who are charged with "terrorist propaganda" for having opened a banner about the Afrin operation that say, "Invasion, massacre cannot be marked with Turkish delight," the court has rejected the request of a witness to be heard.

19 March 2019 Tansu Pişkin

International Travel Bans of Boğaziçi University Students Lifted

30 students of Boğaziçi University, who have been charged with “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”, have had their second hearings. Their international travel bans have been lifted and requests for being exempted from hearings have been accepted.

3 October 2018 Tansu Pişkin

All Boğaziçi University Students Released

All of the 14 Boğaziçi University students pending trial in jail have been released in the first hearing.

7 June 2018 Tansu Pişkin

Call from Boğaziçi University Students’ Families for First Hearing

First hearing of Boğaziçi University students will be held at İstanbul Courthouse tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. Families of 21 students 14 of whom are pending trial in custody have called for solidarity in their statement.

5 June 2018

1 More Student from Boğaziçi University Arrested

Another student from department of sociology at Boğaziçi University has been arrested and sent to Silivri Prison, increasing the number of arrested students to 14.

11 May 2018 Elif Ünal

Letter by Imprisoned Male Boğaziçi University Students

Nine imprisoned students from Boğaziçi University have penned a letter.

2 May 2018 Elif Ünal

Boğaziçi University

Boğaziçi University students answer: ‘I am declared a terrorist because…’

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY PROTESTS

‘We won’t abide by any bargaining, we want free universities’

Erdoğan says Bulu suitable for rectorship, calls Boğaziçi University protesters 'terrorists'

Boğaziçi alumni, academics continue to protest rector appointed by Erdoğan

Boğaziçi University protests: 24 people released from detention

'Resign if you have honor': Boğaziçi students continue to protest new rector

RECTOR APPOINTMENT TO BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY

'Rectors with low academic qualifications harm universities' development'

Boğaziçi rector appointment shows 'trustee policies not limited to HDP municipalities'

Advisor to Boğaziçi University President resigns

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY PROTESTS

Minister Soylu: Police did the right thing

Boğaziçi students in Kadıköy: 'Release our friends from detention'

PROTEST AGAINST UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Bulu waves from window, students demand his resignation

CHP Chair slams Erdoğan over appointment of university president

BOĞAZİÇİ STUDENTS CALLED FOR PROTEST

Demonstrations, marches banned in İstanbul’s Beşiktaş, Sarıyer

APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF BOĞAZİÇİ

Bulu: Our students, academics don’t see the big picture

14 more people detained for protesting appointment of university president

FROM ‘METU MUST BE DEFENDED’

‘From Boğaziçi to METU, we don’t accept trustees’

17 students detained for protesting new president of Boğaziçi University

AKP spokesperson defends Erdoğan's controversial appointment to Boğaziçi University

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu: I stand with students, academics of Boğaziçi

PROTESTS AGAINST UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Police attack students with pepper gas at Boğaziçi University

‘We are all in the same boat,’ says the appointed President of Boğaziçi University

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY FACULTY

‘Academic administrators can be appointed only after being elected’

COVID-19 FAMILY RESEARCH

How has pandemic affected family life in Turkey?

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY TRIAL

10 Months Deferred Prison Sentence for 20 Students, Acquittal for 3 Students

7th Pride Parade Held in Boğaziçi University

Witness Not Heard in Boğaziçi University Students' Case

International Travel Bans of Boğaziçi University Students Lifted

All Boğaziçi University Students Released

Call from Boğaziçi University Students’ Families for First Hearing

1 More Student from Boğaziçi University Arrested

Letter by Imprisoned Male Boğaziçi University Students