by TurkeyPurge | Apr 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
On March 19, a group of students protested other students who had set up a stand at İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University campus to distribute Turkish delight in memory of Turkish soldiers killed during the Turkish military’s operation in Afrin, Syria. Police identified 17...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
9 Boğaziçi student have been arrested by an İstanbul court while 6 others released pending trial after participating in protests against Turkey’s Afrin operation, the T24 news portal reported. On March 19, a group of students protested other students who had set up a...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 2, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
A total of 1,250 academics from more than 100 organizations across 37 countries of the world have signed a petition asking for the release of 15 Boğaziçi University students in Turkey who were detained in March for holding a protest against an ongoing Turkish military...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 7 student have been detained by police at İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University for participating in protests agains Turkey’s Afrin operation, the Dİken news portal reported. Detentions came only a day after Turkish President Recep Erdogan said on Saturday...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
A fourth-year international relations student at Istanbul’s Bogazici University, identified as M.N., was put in pretrial detention over his ties to the Gulen movement. Milliyet newspaper reported Feb 15 that the 24-year-old student was detained after a police raid at...