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‘Total budget of 127 public universities in Turkey is two thirds of Oxford’s budget’

İYİ PARTY'S FİLİZ

‘Total budget of 127 public universities in Turkey is two thirds of Oxford’s budget’

Opposition İYİ Party Antep MP Filiz has talked about the universities’ budgets in Turkey. According to Filiz, the budget of the University of Oxford was 3.3 billion dollars in 2021 while that of Boğaziçi University was 45 million dollars.

16 December 2021

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

Hundred students expelled from dormitory without notice in Eskişehir

Hundred students expelled from dormitory without notice in Eskişehir

Students say they were asked to make payments for September even though they didn't stay in dormitories in that month. MP Çakırözer says thousands of students are facing the same situation.

14 October 2021

Harassment in the Academia: Student Suspended from University

Harassment in the Academia: Student Suspended from University

A male student studying child development at the University of Health Sciences harassed women on social media and threatened them with death. The university has announced that he has been suspended for a semester as a disciplinary punishment.

‘Recent Amendments to Law on Higher Education Threaten Academic Freedom’

UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBERS ASSOCIATION

‘Recent Amendments to Law on Higher Education Threaten Academic Freedom’

Releasing an opinion piece as to the recently amended law on higher education, the University Faculty Members Association (ÜNİVDER) has called on the government to avoid shaping the academia according to its own ideology with law amendments.

Mayor İmamoğlu: Number of Libraries per 100 Thousand İstanbulites is 0.4

Mayor İmamoğlu: Number of Libraries per 100 Thousand İstanbulites is 0.4

Indicating that there are 60 libraries in İstanbul, the most densely populated city of Turkey, Metropolitan Mayor İmamoğlu said, “It is very sad that the number of libraries per 100,000 İstanbulites is 0.4. This figure is 14 in Zurich, 8.5 in Paris and 3.4 in Tokyo.”

13 December 2019

6 Universities from Turkey Among Top 100 Universities for Tackling Gender Equality

6 Universities from Turkey Among Top 100 Universities for Tackling Gender Equality

In a ranking produced by the Times Higher Education on how universities from around the world are contributing to gender equality, six universities from Turkey have been listed among the top 100 universities for tackling gender equality.

Reaction from Dismissed Academics

Reaction from Dismissed Academics

In the wake of the July 15 attempted coup, 2,346 people have been dismissed through statutory decree on the grounds that they had links to the Fethullah Gülen community.

2 September 2016 Nilay Vardar

95 Academics Suspended at İstanbul University, YÖK Suspends 4 Rectors

POST JULY 15 COUP ATTEMPT SUSPENSIONS

95 Academics Suspended at İstanbul University, YÖK Suspends 4 Rectors

İstanbul University Presidency has ordered suspension of 95 academic members at different departments following coup attempt; Higher Education Council has suspended four rectors.

Private Security, Undercover Police Officers, Riot Squat on Banner Hunt

İSTANBUL UNIVERSITY

Private Security, Undercover Police Officers, Riot Squat on Banner Hunt

Undercover police officers and ÖGB storming İstanbul University Faculty of Literature have battered students, and detained at least seven students.

11 November 2015

Investigation against Anyone to Inflate Balloons in Ege University

Investigation against Anyone to Inflate Balloons in Ege University

In Ege University, the students’ balloon demonstration as well as planting trees, doing folkdances, issuing press statements became reasons for investigation.

15 April 2015 Beyza Kural

Constitutional Change for Headscarf at University Passed in Parliament

The second vote on constitutional amendment on Saturday was passed with 411 votes. The opposition CHP is applying to the Constitutional Court.

11 February 2008 Tolga Korkut

Over 2,000 Academics Support Headscarf at University

An Internet campaign of academics supporting the freedom to wear a headscarf at university has been signed by 2,252 university lecturers so far.

5 February 2008 Gökçe Gündüç