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2021: Protests of students against appointment as the rector Melih Bulla

Students of the best university of Turkey of the Bosporus university are dissatisfied that the authorities were appointed from the outside of "the person" as the rector of the university. Since January 4, 2021 students of university in large quantities protest against this solution. Melih Bulla was appointed the president of Turkey Erdogan the rector of the university on January 1.

Protesters consider that Erdogan this appointment tries "politize the Turkish universities and limit the academic freedom".

The appointed rector in 2015 stood as the candidate from the Justice and Development Party (ak parti, Erdogan's batch) in Istanbul in parliamentary elections of 2015.

Dissatisfied write with appointment that all activity Bulla was connected with managerial work in municipalities. However he has scientific doctor's degree in the field of business administration and before Erdogan's appointment Bulla was on a post of the rector of the private Istanbul university Haliç.

Between police and protesters there were skirmishes. Law enforcement authorities used lacrimogeneous gas and rubber bullets.