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University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
A group of Ankara University students have occupied the facilities of the Language History and Geography Faculty on Nov. 6 to denounce the existence of the Higher Education Board (YÖK) on the 32nd anniversary of the controversial institution that stands as the ultimate decision-making entity for Turkish universities. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
Students occupied the dean’s office, forcing the academics to leave the building and set the papers in the office in fire. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
They then hung a banner saying 'No to YÖK' outside the window of the dean’s office to express opposition against the institution blasted for being a remnant of the authoritarian and undemocratic legacy of the Sept. 12, 1980, military coup. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
Police forces used tear gas to disperse students from the school building and detained 11 people for their involvement in the protests. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
Some of the students were affected of the smoke in the faculty building. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
Students gathered at the university’s iconic stadium, forming the words 'Diren' (Resist) using their bodies. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
Not only at ODTÜ, but students marching across the country recalled the ODTÜ incidents and criticized authorities for the destruction of trees on the university’s campus for the road’s construction. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
Police took extreme security measures and fired tear gas at the group who insisted on marching with banners. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
Also in Ankara, thousands of students hit the streets organizing a march to denounce YÖK. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
In one of the most intense incidents, a group of students who made a statement asking for 'free education and a future without exams' faced police intervention while protesting on Kızılay’s Yüksel Street, in the center of the Turkish capital. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
University students protest Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK)
Students of the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ), which has been at the center of a dispute between the government and environmentalists over a controversial road project, also gathered to express their opposition to YÖK and education policies in the country. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
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