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23 students detained for protesting over remote learning

Turkish Minute 25 February 2023

ANKA News Agency reported on Monday 20 February that Turkish police broke up a group of students in Istanbul protesting a recent decision by the government to shift to online learning at universities in order to free up dormitories for victims of the massive earthquakes that shook the country on 6 February, reports Turkish Minute.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) came under fire after the president announced a decision on 11 February to shift to online learning at universities in order to allocate state-run Higher Education Credit and Hostels Institution (KYK) dormitories to earthquake victims.

Twenty-three students were detained in Kadiköy after police officers intervened in a protest against the government’s online learning decision. Demonstrations had been banned by the district governor’s office on the grounds that they could “threaten social peace”, ANKA said.
Full report on the Turkish Minute site

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