2023-08-21 11:04:31
Since 2021, every day, a dozen professors take turns on the lawn of the prestigious Bogazici University, in Istanbul, to protest against the parachuting of a rector by power. Delphine Minoui / Le Figaro
INVESTIGATION – In Istanbul, the prestigious Bosphorus University is trying to resist the control of the authorities.
Correspondent in Istanbul
It is a square of greenery, suspended above the turquoise blue strait. By far, the campus of Bogazici University (“Bosphorus” in Turkish), the most prestigious in Turkey, has everything from an idyllic postcard. One of those snapshots of Istanbul, as Pierre Loti loved. Under a dazzling sun, the eyes first squint, then reopen on a more scathing reality. Separated by 2 meters from each other, a dozen professors, draped in their academic gowns, stand like a crane on the lawn, their backs knowingly turned to the large building of the rectorate. Not a word. Not a gesture. Silence as the only form of protest. And these panels, tight in their arms, on which one can read: “We will not accept! We will not give up!” It is exactly 12:15 p.m. on this summer heat wave day, and like every day since the beginning of 2021, they take turns at the same time to contest the parachuting of a rector, imposed by…
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