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Koç University | Dean of Students apologizes for verbal attack on student

Koç University | Dean of Students apologizes for verbal attack on student

While they were discussing students' demands, Koç University Dean of Students Dr. Yiğit Sayın walked up to a student and said, "What the hell are you talking about?". Sayın has apologized to the academics and students by email.

Students protest high prices, pressure, discrimination and surveillance

KOÇ UNIVERSITY

Students protest high prices, pressure, discrimination and surveillance

Causing outrage with how the dean of students treated a protesting student, Koç University has been a scene of protests about food prices, scholarships, pressure of the security, surveillance and gender-based segregation since February 28.

Students protest Council of Higher Education: 11 detained

Students protest Council of Higher Education: 11 detained

The anniversary of the establishment of the YÖK by the then military government has been protested.

9 November 2021

'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

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

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.

Erdoğan calls student housing protesters 'liars'

Erdoğan calls student housing protesters 'liars'

Faced with exorbitant rent prices, university students have been spending nights at parks demanding adequate and affordable housing.

27 September 2021

Nine detained in student housing protests in Ankara

Nine detained in student housing protests in Ankara

In protest of high dormitory fees and house rents, students from across the country spend nights outside.

21 September 2021

Governor Imposes State of Emergency in Istanbul University

Governor Imposes State of Emergency in Istanbul University

Upon request by local police court grants the Istanbul police a one-year search warrant. The decision authorizes the police search any student at the campus and in its surroundings. Students and academics react against the decision. He is not informed of the decision says rector Prof. Söylet.

29 December 2010

Students Protest Ends in Riot

POLICE VIOLENCE

Students Protest Ends in Riot

The police violently intervened against students who had gathered to protest the Higher Education Council (YÖK) during PM Erdoğan's meeting with university rectors. The students were exposed to tear gas and beating. 40 of them were taken into custody but released later on.

7 December 2010 Erol Önderoğlu,Erhan Üstündağ,Berivan Tapan

University Students Win Trial at ECHR

FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION

University Students Win Trial at ECHR

The ECHR evaluated a police attack on students protesting against the Higher Education Council YÖK law draft as "humiliating treatment". The European Court ruled Turkey to pay a total of 68,000 TL in compensation to 10 students.

9 December 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

11 Students under Prosecution after Riot on Campus

11 Students under Prosecution after Riot on Campus

11 Students face prosecution after a riot at Hacatepe University in Ankara. The police had arrested a total of 66 students who were all released in the meantime. Students criticise the rectorate and the police.

29 October 2009 Bawer Çakır

11 Students under Prosecution after Riot on Campus

11 Students under Prosecution after Riot on Campus

11 Students face prosecution after a riot at Hacatepe University in Ankara. The police had arrested a total of 66 students who were all released in the meantime. Students criticise the rectorate and the police.

29 October 2009 Bawer Çakır

Students Refused Deputy Prime Minister to Talk on Human Rights

Students Refused Deputy Prime Minister to Talk on Human Rights

Students protested Deputy Prime Minister Çiçek who was going to speak on human rights at the Ankara University Faculty of Political Science. The students voiced their protest, "The minister of such a country has nothing to say about this topic". When the students received support from the people in the hall, Çiçek left the university without giving his speech.

12 October 2009 Bawer Çakır

Government Rejects Controversial Rise in University Fees

Government Rejects Controversial Rise in University Fees

Student protesters say that their protests drew the government's attention to the increase by up to 500 percent of university fees.

10 August 2009 Bawer Çakır