Police presence in the area surrounding Bogazici University hours before Erdogan's visit. Photo credit: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi ÖTK . On February 13, 2026, President of the Turkish Republic, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, visited Boğaziçi University in Istanbul to attend the opening ceremony of two new student dorms. For the students and faculty of the public university, who have been engaged in ongoing resistance against governmental encroachment (which has lasted more than five years,

Abdullah Esin, in front of the Faculty of Ecnomics and Administrative Sciences, Bogazici University. Photo Credit: Initiative for Freedom...

Riot police surrounding protesting students in Boğaziçi University's North Campus, Istanbul. Photo credit: Bianet On May 13, 2025, 97...

As the Bogazici resistance marked one year in January 2022, there were protests both in the university and in front of the Silivri Prison...

What has been happening at Boğaziçi University since early 2021 perfectly epitomizes the Erdogan government’s systematic attacks on...