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METU students set up encampment protesting spring fest restrictions

METU students set up encampment protesting spring fest restrictions

The rector reduced the festival from four to two days, banned the setup of a concert stage, and prohibited the use of the Revolution Stadium, the traditional venue for spring festivals. This decision is seen as part of a broader government policy regarding university festivals.

30 April 2024 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Experts warn of impending 'disaster' in Marmara Sea due to oxygen depletion

Experts warn of impending 'disaster' in Marmara Sea due to oxygen depletion

Many commercial fish species are unable to survive at depths greater than 30 meters in Turkey's inland sea due to a significant decrease in oxygen levels, which have dropped to one-fourth of what they were four decades ago, according to data from METU.

METU students defy bans at graduation ceremony to display rainbow, trans flags

METU students defy bans at graduation ceremony to display rainbow, trans flags

The METU graduation ceremonies have traditionally been a forum for students to hold sarcastic banners related to the country's political agenda. The administration had taken measures to prevent such displays.

METU Pride March marred by interventions, detentions

METU Pride March marred by interventions, detentions

Posters promoting the "protection of the family" were hung on campus prior to the parade.

9 June 2023 Evrim Kepenek,Tuğçe Yılmaz

METU rector suspends 17 student clubs for protesting pro-government group's event

METU rector suspends 17 student clubs for protesting pro-government group's event

The clubs' activities have been suspended for 45 days. Also, disciplinary proceedings are underway against dozens of students.

20 January 2023

METU road construction continues despite protests from students

METU road construction continues despite protests from students

METU students and residents of Turkey's capital Ankara continue to resist the road construction through the university's large forest.

3 January 2023 Ceren İskit

METU students defy rector to hold graduation ceremony at 'Revolution' stadium

METU students defy rector to hold graduation ceremony at 'Revolution' stadium

Despite a ban, thousands of students gathered at the stadium, the traditional venue of the graduation ceremonies.

2 academics suspended at METU

2 academics suspended at METU

METU Rectorate has suspended research assistants Sibel Bekiroğlu and Mehmet Mutlu without specifying the reason.

Ban on Pride March at METU

Ban on Pride March at METU

METU rector has banned the Pride Parade to be held on June 10 with a warning saying "all kinds of security measures will be undertaken" if there will be students participating in the march.

Concert bans continue in Turkey 'to protect public safety, morality'

Concert bans continue in Turkey 'to protect public safety, morality'

While all concerts as part of the International Spring Festival were canceled at Middle East Technical University, one concert was banned on the grounds of "public safety" in Bursa, while another one is banned in Isparta for being against "morals of the society."

METU Pride Parade case ends in acquittal

METU Pride Parade case ends in acquittal

All defendants who joined the Pride Parade at the Middle East Technical University in May 2019 have been acquitted. One person has been given a judicial fine for insult.

5 METU students briefly detained before ‘Graduation Ceremony without Trustee’

‘AS IF WE HAD RESISTED THE POLICE…’

5 METU students briefly detained before ‘Graduation Ceremony without Trustee’

Five students were detained before the alternative graduation ceremony at the Middle East Technical University because they refused to show their banners and student IDs to the police. Released from detention, they have spoken to bianet.

22 September 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

Turkey’s Islamist, ultra-nationalist coalition government and panic over LGBTQ symbols

Turkey’s Islamist, ultra-nationalist coalition government and panic over LGBTQ symbols

Rainbow might be carried to the center of politics with the AKP/MHP coalition's hope to fracture the opposition, yet the colors that keep appearing, despite their attempts, can be considered a sign of people's persistence and will to repossess their narratives.

19 June 2021 Tunay Altay

METU students keep watch for campus stairs in rainbow colors

METU students keep watch for campus stairs in rainbow colors

The students of Middle East Technical University have put up tents and started keeping watch near the campus stairs that they painted in rainbow colors so that the METU administration will not paint over them again.

‘We will keep on painting everywhere in colors’

RAINBOW FROM METU TO BOĞAZİÇİ

‘We will keep on painting everywhere in colors’

The Rector’s Office of METU has launched an investigation against the students who painted the stairs at the campus in rainbow colors. But why do the students paint the stairs? What do they want? Will they continue? They have spoken to bianet.

22 April 2021 Dilek Şen

Stairs in rainbow colors painted in gray at METU campus

Stairs in rainbow colors painted in gray at METU campus

Painted in rainbow colors by the students of Middle East Technical University in Ankara, the stairs have been painted in gray by the university administration. Students have announced that they will paint them back today, on March 30.

Boğaziçi, METU academics protest Bulu

Boğaziçi, METU academics protest Bulu

Academics from both universities have demanded the release of the detained protesters and the resignation of Prof. Bulu as the Boğaziçi University rector.

5 February 2021

Police attack Boğaziçi University protests in Ankara

Police attack Boğaziçi University protests in Ankara

Police intervened against the students who gathered in the capital city of Ankara to support Boğaziçi students’ protests against the appointed rector. While several students have been detained, the teeth of one person were broken during the attack.

2 February 2021

‘Kingdom of Tayyips’ banner acquitted

‘Kingdom of Tayyips’ banner acquitted

Charged with “insulting the President” due to a banner with the drawing “Kingdom of Tayyips” on it, four students and the owner of the printing house that printed the banner have been acquitted.

12 January 2021

‘From Boğaziçi to METU, we don’t accept trustees’

FROM ‘METU MUST BE DEFENDED’

‘From Boğaziçi to METU, we don’t accept trustees’

While several students are still detained for having protested the appointment of Prof. Bulu as the new president of Boğaziçi University, the students of Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara have expressed solidarity with Boğaziçi students.

'Students defending LGBTI+ rights in Turkey'

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN

'Students defending LGBTI+ rights in Turkey'

Amnesty International has launched a petition for 18 students and one academic put on trial in the METU Pride Parade case: "It is unacceptable that they face prosecution for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly."

12 November 2020

Court overturns ban on 9th METU Pride Parade

Court overturns ban on 9th METU Pride Parade

The Ankara 7th Administrative Court has concluded that the ban on the 9th LGBTI+ Pride Parade to be held in Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara in 2019 was unlawful. The court has overturned the ban.

METU LGBTI+ Solidarity Now a Member of EPOA

METU LGBTI+ Solidarity Now a Member of EPOA

The European Pride Organizers Association (EPOA) has announced that METU LGBTI+ Solidarity, the organizers of the Pride Parade in the university, is now its member.

13 January 2020

Urgent Action by Amnesty International: Drop Charges Against METU Students and Academic

Urgent Action by Amnesty International: Drop Charges Against METU Students and Academic

Amnesty International has launched an urgent action campaign for 18 students and one academic put on trial for joining the Pride Parade at Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara: “Drop the charges against the students and academic.”

31 October 2019

Council of Higher Education Launches Investigation Against METU President Kök

Council of Higher Education Launches Investigation Against METU President Kök

Council of Higher Education has launched an investigation against METU President Kök, who signed the protocol handing over the tenure of 40-decare campus area for the construction of a state dorm and approved unauthorized construction site buildings.

Demolition Order for Construction Site Buildings at METU Campus

Demolition Order for Construction Site Buildings at METU Campus

In the third month of Kavaklık resistance raised by the students of METU against the construction of a state dormitory on poplar woods at their campus, the District Municipality of Çankaya has taken down minutes for the demolition of unauthorized buildings.

Lawsuit Against 19 METU Students for Joining Pride Parade

Lawsuit Against 19 METU Students for Joining Pride Parade

A lawsuit has been filed against 19 students of METU for having joined the 9th METU LGBTI+ Pride Parade. They are charged with “attending unlawful assemblies and marches” and “not dispersing despite warning.”

8 August 2019 Sakine Orman

METU Development Foundation Says It Did Not Permit State Dorm Construction

69TH DAY OF KAVAKLIK RESISTANCE

METU Development Foundation Says It Did Not Permit State Dorm Construction

The METU Development Foundation, which owns the estate where a state dorm is planned to be constructed, has announced that it did not permit the construction.

Chamber of Architects Files Complaint Against Former Ankara Mayor, METU President

Chamber of Architects Files Complaint Against Former Ankara Mayor, METU President

After the court of appeal has ruled for a stay of execution regarding a road constructed at METU campus in 2017, the Chamber of Architects has filed a criminal complaint against the then Ankara Mayor Gökçek and METU President Kök.

METU Students and Academics in Kavaklık

METU Students and Academics in Kavaklık

In protest against the construction of a state dormitory on poplar woods at their campus, students of the Middle East Technical University (METU) and academics have marched towards Kavaklık, the poplar woods.

A Brief History of METU Forest: From a Steppe to an Oasis in Central Anatolia

62ND DAY OF KAVAKLIK RESISTANCE

A Brief History of METU Forest: From a Steppe to an Oasis in Central Anatolia

The students of Middle East Technical University (METU) have been resisting against a state dormitory planned to be constructed on 40-decare poplar woods at their campus. We have compiled a brief history of the METU forest for you.

15 July 2019 Selay Dalaklı

Council of Graduates: Police Entering METU Unacceptable

KAVAKLIK RESISTANCE ON 59TH DAY

Council of Graduates: Police Entering METU Unacceptable

"Another institution's authority on METU is unacceptable," the council said, while the students are organizing a protest march on July 10.

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