Melih Bulu
Students in Turkey continue protests in defense of academic autonomy
The protests in Turkey began on January 4 against the appointment of Melih Bulu, an outsider and loyalist of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as rector of Boğaziçi University. They have continued despite hundreds of arrests by the police
Braving crackdown, Turkish students resist Erdogan’s bid to subjugate universities
Students and teachers of Boğaziçi University and across Turkey have been protesting the undemocratic appointment of Erdogan loyalist Melih Bulu as the institution’s rector