• Students and staff face riot police in a protest against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to appoint Melih Bulu, a businessman with ties to the president's AK Party, as rector at Bogazici University in Istanbul. EPA
    Students and staff face riot police in a protest against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to appoint Melih Bulu, a businessman with ties to the president's AK Party, as rector at Bogazici University in Istanbul. EPA
  • Turkish riot police use plastic bullets against demonstrators at Bogazici University, where students and staff object to Mr Erdogan's decision to appoint a rector, bypassing election by academic staff. The president was empowered to make the appointment by a 2016 law. EPA
    Turkish riot police use plastic bullets against demonstrators at Bogazici University, where students and staff object to Mr Erdogan's decision to appoint a rector, bypassing election by academic staff. The president was empowered to make the appointment by a 2016 law. EPA
  • Demonstrators flee tear gas at Bogazici University, one of Istanbul's most prestigious institutions. Reuters
    Demonstrators flee tear gas at Bogazici University, one of Istanbul's most prestigious institutions. Reuters
  • Protests against the appointment of AK Party loyalist Melih Bulu as rector of Bogazici University by Mr Erdogan have escalated and opponents of the conservative president have become more vocal. Police made dozens of arrests in Ankara, the Turkish capital. EPA
    Protests against the appointment of AK Party loyalist Melih Bulu as rector of Bogazici University by Mr Erdogan have escalated and opponents of the conservative president have become more vocal. Police made dozens of arrests in Ankara, the Turkish capital. EPA
  • Protestors at Bogazici University remonstrate with riot police officers. AFP
    Protestors at Bogazici University remonstrate with riot police officers. AFP
  • Confrontation but no violence between a demonstrator and a police office at the Bogazici University protests in Istanbul. EPA
    Confrontation but no violence between a demonstrator and a police office at the Bogazici University protests in Istanbul. EPA
  • Baris Atay, a Workers' Party of Turkey MP and vocal opponent of Mr Erdogan's AK Party, clashes with police at Bogazici University. AFP
    Baris Atay, a Workers' Party of Turkey MP and vocal opponent of Mr Erdogan's AK Party, clashes with police at Bogazici University. AFP
  • The Turkish government said many of the demonstrators detained at Bogazici University were not from Istanbul. EPA
    The Turkish government said many of the demonstrators detained at Bogazici University were not from Istanbul. EPA
  • A lone protester confronts riot police in the streets of Istanbul. AFP
    A lone protester confronts riot police in the streets of Istanbul. AFP
  • A woman is arrested by police during a protest against the appointment of new Bogazici University rector Melih Bulu. Getty
    A woman is arrested by police during a protest against the appointment of new Bogazici University rector Melih Bulu. Getty
  • A protesters rides a motorbike with his dog during a protest in the Kadikoy district in Istanbul. Getty
    A protesters rides a motorbike with his dog during a protest in the Kadikoy district in Istanbul. Getty

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University staff and students clash with riot police in Turkey - in pictures

Demonstrations break out after President Erdogan appoints controversial party member as rector of Istanbul's Bogazici University

The National

February 03, 2021

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