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Turkey’s higher education watchdog removes 3 Boğaziçi University deans
Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK) on Jan.18 removed three deans at the İstanbul-based Boğaziçi University from their positions amid ongoing protests against the appointment...
Court paves way for prosecution of police who used undue force during Boğaziçi protests
An appeals court has annulled an order from the İstanbul Governor’s Office that prohibited the prosecution of police officers for their alleged use of...
Erdoğan ousts university rector after months-long protests
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday replaced a top İstanbul university rector whose controversial appointment led to months of student-led protests against his...
A university in İstanbul is fighting for its soul
Alin OzinianTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s appointment of an outside rector to Istanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University has led to 27 weeks of demonstrations, hundreds...
Turkish gov’t cancels financial aid of students protesting Erdoğan-appointed rector
Turkish authorities have canceled the student loans and scholarships of at least 100 university students because they participated in protests against the appointment of a...
Rector Bulu appointed dean of Boğaziçi University’s new communications faculty
Melih Bulu, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) whose appointment as rector of Boğaziçi University by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
97 students indicted for joining protests against Boğaziçi University rector
An İstanbul prosecutor has indicted 97 students who took part in protests against the appointment by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of a government loyalist as...
Boğaziçi students vow to continue protests on 100th day of resistance
Students at İstanbul's Boğaziçi University who have been protesting the appointment of a government loyalist as the school's rector said on the 100th day...
5,000 Boğaziçi University alumni call on pro-gov’t rector Bulu to resign
A total of 5,000 graduates of İstanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University have jointly called on new rector Melih Bulu, a member of the ruling Justice...
Turkish police detain students protesting colleagues’ detention over rainbow flags
Turkish police on Friday took into custody dozens of students protesting the detention of fellow students for displaying a rainbow flag during another demonstration...
Germany’s Mainz University supports resistance at Boğaziçi against loyalist rector
The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz released a statement supporting the resistance of students and academic staff at İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University to the appointment of...
Twitter suspends account of Boğaziçi University rector’s office amid ongoing protests
Social media company Twitter has suspended the account of the Boğaziçi University rector's office after the prestigious school experienced more than two months of...