Turkey Resumes its Crackdown on Student Protesters
Government, University Authorities Should Allow Peaceful Dissent
A Turkish court today ordered the release of two student protesters detained since February 4. Şilan Delipalta and Anıl Akyüz were arrested for joining an unauthorized protest against President Erdogan’s controversial appointment of an unelected rector to Turkey’s Boğaziçi University in January. Their detention was just one episode in a broad crackdown on student protesters in Turkey this year. …
It is the same knee all around the world choking all that is humane. #turkeycantbreathe #bogaziciresists pic.twitter.com/GbMDkqFCdA
— Ece Temelkuran (@ETemelkuran) April 2, 2021
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