Boğaziçi academics released ‘damage assessment report’ | Ahval The academics of Boğaziçi University released a report addressing problems that emerged following… In other news: The rise and fall of Clubhouse in Turkey Global Voices Online by Arzu Geybullayeva After a brief period of popularity among opposition activists, pro-Erdoğan figures have now flooded the app Screenshot from the website … Read more
Faculty members continue to protest the rector appointment. Photo by Ömer Ak via Boğaziçi rector dismisses election for institute head, appoints his deputy instead Bianet :: English Prof. Naci İnci, a physicist, will head the university’s social sciences institute. PROTESTS AGAINST APPOINTED RECTOR: ‘We were all there,’ say Boğaziçi University students Bianet :: English Boğaziçi University students … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IKTb4HHGKI PROTEST AGAINST VICE RECTOR: ‘Weren’t you ashamed at all when your two students are arrested?’ Boğaziçi University students met Prof. Naci İnci, who is appointed as the new vice rector. “The trustee will leave; so will you. 2 vice rectors for the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University Bianet :: English Five weeks after … Read more
Dear colleagues, We invite you to consider submitting an abstract to “Rethinking Expertise under COVID-19: a New Look at Digitization and Decentralization”, panel @ 4S Annual Meeting, 6-9 October, Toronto and worldwide. Submission Deadline: March 8, 2021 via https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ssss/ssss21/ Keywords: enabling technologies, maker movement, expertise, healthcare, 3D printing This session takes its inspiration from transformations in … Read more
From media outlets to social media accounts, from Erdoğan’s speeches to bureaucratic authorities’ statements, many academics (mostly women) are targeted, students criminalized… Yes, Soros is mentioned, too: Erdoğan says that Osman Kavala's wife, Boğaziçi Professor Ayşe Buğra, is among "provocateurs representing (George) Soros" https://t.co/eQZtgwDidi — Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) February 5, 2021 Twitter blocks MHP … Read more
SOLIDARITY WITH BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY: 3,317 academics from around the world call on Turkey to respect university autonomy Bianet :: English 3,317 academics, thinkers and writers from around the world have released a joint statement condemning the actions against the Boğaziçi University students and calling on the appointed rector to resign. Statement here PUBLIC SURVEY: ‘69 percent of … Read more
Prestigious Istanbul University Fights Erdogan’s Reach The New York Times – Carlotta Gall – Feb 1, 11:29 AM ISTANBUL — For several weeks — rain, shine, or even snow — a rebellion has been underway in one of the most hallowed establishments of Turkish academia: the campus of Bogazici University in Istanbul. Every day, faculty members … Read more
Police intervention into Boğaziçi University protests: 2 students detained Bianet :: English The protests of students against the “trustee rector” appointed to Boğaziçi University continue in front of the South Campus today. HDP’s Kemalbay has indicated that around 35-40 students have been detained at the gate of the nearby North Campus. Academics of Boğaziçi University: Release our … Read more
Boğaziçi’s ‘collective will’ leaving vice rector’s seat open, say protesting staff | Ahval No academic has stepped up to become the vice rector of Istanbul’s Boğaziçi university, where a… Boğaziçi Rector Melih Bulu also links an artistic depiction of the Kaaba (see my previous tweet with it in) to a homophobic hashtag linking it to the … Read more
A group of scholars continues to protest the rector’s appointment by Erdoğan at Boğaziçi University…. Benzemiş mi, benzemiş… https://t.co/XkHxLVbEHl — ohannes kılıçdağı (@ohannes_klcdg) January 18, 2021 Metallica Fuels Student Protests in Istanbul as Dozens Detained Bloomberg The music of heavy metal band Metallica has provided the soundtrack as students in Istanbul protest President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to … Students … Read more
Erdoğan calls Boğaziçi University protesters ‘terrorists’ as 15 more people briefly detained Bianet :: English The president’s appointment of a rector who is a member of his party has sparked protests among students and academics. Erdogan accuses CHP Istanbul head as being terrorist | Ahval Canan Kaftancioğlu, the Istanbul head of the main opposition Republican People’s Party … Read more
Students are treated as if they are terrorists. Some tweets, in the end, show how harsh police is ambushing homes students live. APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF BOĞAZİÇİ: Bulu: Our students, academics don’t see the big picture Bianet :: English Appointed by President Erdoğan as the new president of Boğaziçi University, Bulu has said, “If we will become … Read more
It is sad to watch the news. I graduated from Boğaziçi University (Sociology BA and MA). The university had a tradition of electing its presidents. Erdoğan killed that before by appointing a professor who was not even in the election instead of a person who got more than 80% of the votes. This time Erdoğan … Read more
264 children aged 12-14 stood trial for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan in six years Duvar English – Neşe İdil – Dec 16, 4:34 AM A total of 128,872 probes were launched in six years over ‘insulting’ President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with prosecutors having evaluated 36,066 complaints and launching criminal cases for 11,371 of them in just 2019. According … Read more
2,500 academics worldwide sign petition for Turkey to release Cihan Erdal Some 2,500 academics worldwide have signed a petition for Turkey to release Cihan Erdal, a PhD candidate and researcher at Carleton University in Canada and an LGBT activist, who was detained in Istanbul on Sept. 25. HDP calls on gov’t to set up a civilian … Read more