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Over 100 students in Çanakkale kicked out of state dormitory after failing to pay fees

Over 100 students in Çanakkale kicked out of state dormitory after failing to pay fees

Students who failed to pay their fees now have to get permission every week to stay at the dormitory as "guests."

11 November 2021 Melissa Feza Katlar

'We want dormitories that don't make profit out of students'

STUDENT HOUSING PROTESTS

'We want dormitories that don't make profit out of students'

Like in many other places across the country, students at İstanbul Technical University have been protesting the housing problems. They faced attacks from the school's private security guards.

21 October 2021 Ceday Avcı

Agent-provocateur students, anti-camera shields, outlawed waste pickers and more

WEEKLY ROUNDUP #11

Agent-provocateur students, anti-camera shields, outlawed waste pickers and more

Erdoğan and Bahçeli take on students • Hundreds of waste pickers detained in İstanbul • 460 prisoners with a PhD degree • Gezi trial resumes • Turkey once again accused of child recruitment

12 October 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Addressing youth, Erdoğan insists students have no housing problem

Addressing youth, Erdoğan insists students have no housing problem

Amid widespread student protests for affordable housing, the president met with young people.

11 October 2021

Failing to find housing, women students face family pressure to return home

STUDENT HOUSING CRISIS

Failing to find housing, women students face family pressure to return home

We have spoken with three women students from different parts of the country about the housing crisis.

7 October 2021 Ceday Avcı

Erdoğan says students protesting housing prices are 'terrorists like those in Gezi Park'

Erdoğan says students protesting housing prices are 'terrorists like those in Gezi Park'

As universities resumed in-person education, students have been protesting high rent prices and dormitory fees since mid-September.

Students defy Erdoğan to continue housing protests

WEEKLY ROUNDUP #10

Students defy Erdoğan to continue housing protests

University students continue night protests • Construction magnate close to government in Pandora Papers • An unfruitful meeting between Erdoğan and Putin • Marmara's "sea snot" problem is not over

4 October 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu