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Turkey: university freedom in danger in Istanbul

2021-02-02T16:58:41.261Z


STORY - The appointment of someone close to power to head the University of the Bosphorus has sparked an unprecedented sling against Erdogan's increased control over higher education.


There is first this figure,

"159"

, brandished at arm's length in allusion to the number of young people brutally arrested on Monday evening.

Then there are all those backs turned to the office of the new rector recently imposed by Erdogan.

And then this slogan:

“We do not lower our eyes”,

displayed on a giant billboard.

This Tuesday noon, a wind of anger and fear sweeps the lawn of the Bosporus University (Bogazici in Turkish).

To the denunciation, now daily, of the parachuting a month ago of the new master of the place, was grafted indignation at the sudden arrest of students who came to defend their comrades arrested for having hung an LGBT symbol on a painting representing the Kaaba of Mecca.

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“The University of the Bosphorus has always stood out for its open-mindedness, critical sense and independence.

It is an oasis in the middle of the desert.

Today, this oasis is in danger ”

, advances Can Candan, professor of cinema and pillar of this mobilization against the

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Source: lefigaro

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