Medusa

There's an ongoing protest against the government in a Turkish university, Boğaziçi. It's one of the oldest universities in Turkey and one of the most significant ones if not the most. This protest started one month ago and we are still fighting. The government doesn't want to give LGBTQ+ community any kind of recognition, they think they have the right to interfere in our lives and control the university, which is not legitimate, and this is what we stand against here. THIS IS DICTATORSHIP. We, the students and the faculty members from all around the country, are trying to show the government that THEY DO NOT OWN US and WE HAVE A VOICE. The police, of course, uses unwarranted force towards the university students since they were ordered to do so. Even though all of this started because of a different administration matter, it is still going on and over 150 people have been arrested. I am asking you to share this so people would become more conscious about it. Also, Boğaziçi published a letter to the presidency and I want to share with you the translated version of it.

This is the revolution of students, please hear our voice. WE ARE NOT BOWING DOWN!

“Don’t mistake us for those who obey you unconditionally. You are not a sultan and we are not your subjects."

I am dropping the links of some resources that sums of the situation for the ones that are interested.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-protests-bogazici-university-erdogan/2021/02/04/b6089964-6640-11eb-bab8-707f8769d785_story.html%3foutputType=amp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/04/turkey-student-protests-grow-young-people-vent-frustrations-with-erdogan