Dozens of students arrested during a demonstration

Thursday 7 January Since Monday, hundreds of students from the University Bogazici in Istanbul have been protesting against the appointment of the new university director Melih Bulu by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Thirty-six persons have been arrested by the police since the start of the demonstrations. In spite of the decree forbidding meetings by the Istanbul governor to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, the students came back to protest Wednesday to demand the traditional election of the new university director take place and call for the imprisoned students’ release. From the 1990s to 2016, the dean of Bogazici University was chosen by elections. But since his re-election in 2018, thanks to the executive presidential system, Erdogan can choose himself the heads of public universities. Several students from this university had already been arrested in 2018 during another demonstration. Des dizaines d’étudiants arrêtés lors d’une manifestation Jeudi 7 janvier Depuis lundi, des centaines d’étudiants de l’Université Bogazici à Istanbul manifestent contre la nomination du nouveau recteur de l’université Mehli Bulu par le président Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Trente-six d’entre eux ont été arrêtés par la police depuis le début des manifestations. Malgré l’interdiction de se rassembler promulguée par le gouverneur d’Istanbul pour freiner la pandémie du COVID-19, les étudiants sont revenus manifester mercredi pour réclamer le rétablissement de la traditionnelle élection du nouveau recteur et la libération des étudiants. Depuis les années 1990 jusqu’en 2016, le recteur de l’Université Bogazici était élu. Mais depuis sa réélection en 2018, et en raison du nouveau système présidentiel exécutif, Erdogan peut lui-même choisir les recteurs des universités publiques. Plusieurs étudiants de cette université avaient déjà été arrêtés en 2018 durant une autre manifestation. Héléna Source : https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-dozens-arrested-as-students-protest-erdogan-university-pick/a-56149287

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