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Police intervention against housing protests: 90 students released from detention

Police intervention against housing protests: 90 students released from detention

The police did not allow the ones who wanted to come to Ankara to protest for affordable housing, battering and detaining the students at the entrance to the city. Taken into custody by the police, 90 students have been released.

13 December 2021

University students protest security guards’ violence

HOUSING PROTESTS AT İTÜ

University students protest security guards’ violence

The students of İstanbul Technical University have protested the private security guards who intervened against the students keeping a watch at their campus to protest the lack of vacancies in dormitories: “We are insistent on our demands.”

22 October 2021

Students walk along İstanbul’s İstiklal Avenue in blankets to protest housing problem

Students walk along İstanbul’s İstiklal Avenue in blankets to protest housing problem

Unable to find a place to stay due to lack of vacancies in dorms and high housing prices, students have walked along the İstiklal Avenue in Taksim in blankets.

‘We cannot live’: Koç University students protest for housing rights

DORMITORY PROBLEMS

‘We cannot live’: Koç University students protest for housing rights

Lale from the Koç University Solidarity has spoken to bianet about the dormitory problem at the campus and their requests for solving the problem.

29 September 2021 Dilek Şen

Police violence against students protesting for affordable housing in İstanbul, İzmir

Police violence against students protesting for affordable housing in İstanbul, İzmir

The police attacked the protests of university students who have been staying the night at parks against high dorm fees and rents in İstanbul’s Kadıköy and İzmir, taking nearly 80 students into custody.

28 September 2021

20 state dormitories closed in Turkey in a year

HOUSING PROBLEM AT UNIVERSITIES

20 state dormitories closed in Turkey in a year

Amid university students’ protests for affordable housing, the Social Democracy Foundation Youth Organization (SODEV Youth) has released a report on state dormitories in Turkey: “There are 32 students per bed in İstanbul and 11 in Ankara.”

28 September 2021

‘Those who govern the country are after unearned income’

STUDENTS PROTEST HOUSING PRICES

‘Those who govern the country are after unearned income’

What do the university students who have been staying the night at parks for days want? What can the government and the opposition do? “The university students at the park” are giving the answers.

24 September 2021 Dilek Şen

University students protesting high housing prices in Turkey prevented by police

University students protesting high housing prices in Turkey prevented by police

Police have intervened against the students staying the night at parks in different cities across the country in protest against the high dormitory fees and house rents. Students have been taken out of the parks; some students have been detained.

23 September 2021