Abdullah Esin, in front of the Faculty of Ecnomics and Administrative Sciences, Bogazici University. Photo Credit: Initiative for Freedom of Expression. Abdullah Esin, MA student in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University, was detained by Turkish police on September 8 for a social media post criticizing the ongoing crackdown of the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) on the main opposition Republican P

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