Boğaziçi community marks 100th day of protests against Erdoğan's rector appointment

Boğaziçi University's community on April 13 marked their 100th day of protesting against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's appointment of a party member as rector to their school. The president's appointment was considered a major breach of academic independence, and the Boğaziçi community has been staging protests on and off campus since Erdoğan's move.

A crowd of Boğaziçi University academics and students gathered on the school's main campus on April 13 to mark the 100th day of their resistance against the president's appointment of Melih Bulu, a pro-government figure, as their rector.

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