PodcastIstanbul police batter, detain Boğaziçi University students during protest
Istanbul police on April 1 battered and detained several Boğaziçi University students in the Kadıköy district, just as they gathered in protest of the arrest of their friends. Images showed the police laying the students on the ground and handcuffing them behind their backs.
Istanbul police on April 1 violently detained several Boğaziçi University students in the Kadıköy district, just as they gathered in support of their arrested friends.
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi eylemlerine katılanlar böyle gözaltına alınıyor pic.twitter.com/hgJkcGgX5D
— Meral Danyıldız (@meraldanyildiz) April 1, 2021
According to Boğaziçi Solidarity group, at least 35 students have been detained for calling on the authorities to release Anıl Akyüz and Şilan Delpata from custody.
Ters kelepçe işkencedir! Arkadaşlarımız sokaklardan işkenceyle gözaltına alınıyor.
— Boğaziçi Direnişi #2 (@budirenisi) April 1, 2021
İnsanlık onuru işkenceyi yenecek!#DirenişKadıköyde pic.twitter.com/KYA689cUes
Akyüz and Delpata were previously arrested for participating in the protests against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's appointment of a party member as a rector to Boğaziçi University.
Eyleme saldıran polis çok sayıda kişiyi gözaltına aldı.#BoğaziçiDireniyor @boundayanisma pic.twitter.com/EDlZeYkPVg
— Meydan Gazetesi (@meydangazetesi) April 1, 2021
Ahead of the two students' hearing at the Kartal Courthouse on April 2, Boğaziçi Solidarity group announced a protest in the Kadıköy district.