Boğaziçi students 'will not let Erdoğan's appointed rector through'

"Boğaziçi students will not let Erdoğan's appointed rector through," was among numerous messages chanted by demonstrators protesting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's rector appointment, marching from the school's main campus to take a ferry across the Bosphorus on Jan. 6.

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"Your plane is leaving Melih (look, you're flying away)" read a sign held by a protesting student marching on Jan. 6 against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's appointment of Melih Bulu as Boğaziçi University rector.

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