New protests at Boğaziçi University after appointment of new rector

Academics and students of Boğaziçi University have promoted a new protest march against the appointment of the new rector.

Eight Boğaziçi students were detained while reading out a statement in front of the AKP Sarıyer District Organization. They were released after giving statements to the police.

Releasing a statement after Prof. Mehmet Naci Inci’s appointment, Boğaziçi academics said it showed that the university’s will was disregarded. “The struggle we started against the appointment of Melih Bulu on January 2 by saying, ‘We don’t accept, we don’t give up’ was not only against the appointment of a person from outside the university. The main points that we did not accept were that the rector’s appointment process was carried out without addressing the relevant committees of the university, by disregarding the will of the institution and in a non-transparent manner.  After Melih Bulu was dismissed as the rector, we held a vote of confidence for all our professors who had announced their candidacy on July 30.

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