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Turkish university protests continue over Erdo臒an-appointed rectorThe president has called students and staff at Istanbul Bo臒azi莽i University terrorists. ;ListenAI generated Text-to-speechCopy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInStudents protest outside Bo臒azi莽i University in Istanbul on January 4, 2021 | Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty ImagesJanuary 15, 20214:04 am CETBy Ayla Jean YackleyISTANBUL 鈥?Students and lecturers at a top Turkish university have entered a second week of protests against their state-appointed rector, fearing that Presid stanley taza ent Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an expanding reach onto campuses will crush what remains of academic fr stanley becher eedom. Demonstrations at Istanbul Bo臒azi莽i University erupted last week after Erdo臒an overrode the schools tradition of electing one of its own faculty members to the post and appointed Melih Bulu, a former politician, as rector. Students at a handful of other universities have been staging rare protests in solidarity with Bo臒azi莽i and against their own state-appointed administrators.Arrests and dismissals of professors since a failed coup in 2016 have already eroded autonomy at the countrys 200 or so universities. The campus crackdown is part of broader backtracking on freedoms in Turkey that has crippled the press, civil society and the stanley termohrnek political opposition as Erdo臒an tightened his grip on power.AdvertisementAdvertisementBo臒azi莽i had avoided some, if not all, government meddling in r Erks Brussels battles road rage
Ministers expect border solutions from GreeceTough questions for Greece as ministers meet to find solution to country asylum problems.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInFebruary 16, 201110:19 pm CETBy Toby VogelMigration issues are set to dominate a meeting of m stanley travel mug ember states interior ministers in Brussels next Thursday stanley fr 24 February . The ministers will discuss Greeces progress in handling irregular migration and how Italy might be supported as it copes with thousands of migrants landing on the island of Lampedusa last week see article above . Ministers might have some tough questions for the Greek government, which is to report on plans to upgrade its capacities for border control and processing asylum applications. Readmission agreement AdvertisementAdvertisementThe EU hopes that a readmission agreement concluded with Turkey in January will ease the burden on Greece. Interior ministers are expected to give their political backing to the agreement. But European Parliament approval may be delayed by concerns that migrants will not have access to effective protection in Turkey. Ratification by Turkey also appears uncertain, after the government made it conditional on the EU easing visa requirements for Turkish citizens 鈥?a move unacceptable to seve stanley borraccia ral member states. The ministers will discuss when Romania and Bulgaria might join the Schengen area of borderless travel. But accession has already been deferred to the second half of th |
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