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At a prestigious institution in Istanbul, students challenge Erdogan's agitation
There has been a protest at Boazichi University in the past month, after the Turkish president appointed a rector close to the ruling party to replace one of the faculty members.
The government calls the protesters "perverts", and does not intend to withdraw. "In six months it will be over," the new rector promised after hundreds were arrested.
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Guy Elster
Wednesday, 03 February 2021, 19:51
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Turks in Turkey: Erdogan forces candidate for rector of Bugzichi University (Photo: Reuters)
Students at Boazichi University in Istanbul have been protesting in recent weeks against the appointment of a new rector by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in one of the most significant protests against him in recent years.
Despite the government ban on demonstrations, students and lecturers at the prestigious institution have been protesting since the beginning of last month against the appointment of former politician Malia Bolo to the new rector.
They argue that this is an undemocratic move, since traditionally faculty members would elect their rector from their ranks.
Interior Minister Suleiman Soilo exacerbated tensions yesterday, calling the protesters "perverts" on Twitter, who in response marked his tweet. "Should we tolerate perverts who insult the great pain? Certainly his," the interior minister wrote, after students shared their photos on social networks on the ground put a picture combines LGBT symbols with Islamic images including the holy stone in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, one of the holiest sites in Islam.
Twitter's tweet said Zoila, like one weekend used a similar expression The social network has said it will not remove the posts because there may be a public interest in them. Twitter has refused to comply with Turkey's demand that social networks appoint a representative in the country to handle content removal requests. In response, its bandwidth may be reduced. In the coming months,
Soilo said live on television yesterday that it was his job to protect families from the "passionate perverts."
"I believe, and in my belief, it is a deviation. As a Muslim, I am obligated to say this, in defense of the value of the family."
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One of the last free academic institutions.
Demonstrators at university, Tuesday (Photo: Reuters)
In the last two days, more than 300 people have been arrested, with the expansion of protests.
Yesterday, protesters gathered once again on the campus of Boazici, one of the last strongholds of academic freedom in Turkey.
They stood with their backs to the rector's building, calling on him to resign.
Off campus, hundreds demonstrated in Kadıköy in Istanbul, and carried signs that read, "Hlhtb"kim never march alone." The police dispersed them using pepper gas and detained more than a hundred people, according to Office of the Governor of Istanbul.
Ankara, the capital, police clashed with protesters Some of them marched "shoulder to shoulder against fascism." Videos uploaded to social media showed police dragging protesters, handcuffing them behind their backs. Official news agency Andulo reported the arrest of 69 people.
The opposition is calling for the new rector to resign.
Clashes between protesters and police in Istanbul, yesterday (Photo: Reuters)
Most of the detainees have already been released, but there are no signs of a fading protest against Erdogan's growing interference in every aspect of public life in Turkey.
Bolo, the new rector, said today that he had no intention of resigning.
"I do not think at all about retirement," said Bolo, who previously ran for parliament as part of Erdogan's party, in a conversation with reporters in Istanbul.
"The crisis will finally end in six months."
The secular opposition party is calling for Bolo to resign, and several pro-Kurdish lawmakers arrived on campus on Monday.
The mayor of Ankara, Mansour Yabs, wrote a letter to Bolo in which he said it would be better for him to sacrifice his job than for "our academic peace, youth and future".
"Shoulder to shoulder against fascism."
Stopped at demonstration in Ankara, yesterday (Photo: Reuters)
However, Erdogan, who praised the ruling party's youth wing for not being a "LGBT" man, and his government rejected criticism of the appointment, saying the move was legal. By professional people. "
Critics of Erdogan, who has led Turkey for the past two decades, said he and his Justice and Development Party had crushed democracy and religious tolerance, while promoting conservative Islamic values.
Erdogan's supporters say he has restored religious freedom in a republic that has previously firmly maintained secular values.
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