Turkey rejects criticism of its handling of student protest
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Police officers detain supporters of Bogazici University students following a protest in Istanbul, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. For weeks, students and faculty members of Bogazici University have been protesting Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Jan. 1 appointment as a rector of Melih Bulu, an academic who once ran for parliament as a candidate for Erdogan's party. Some of the protests have erupted into clashes between police and demonstrators and hundreds of people have been detained, some taken away following raids of their homes. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Plainclothes police officers detain a supporter of Bogazici University students in Istanbul, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. For weeks, students and faculty members of Bogazici University have been protesting Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Jan. 1 appointment as a rector of Melih Bulu, an academic who once ran for parliament as a candidate for Erdogan's party. Some of the protests have erupted into clashes between police and demonstrators and hundreds of people have been detained, some taken away following raids of their homes. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
A commuter on a bus looks on as police officers detain supporters of Bogazici University students during a protest in Istanbul, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. For weeks, students and faculty members of Bogazici University have been protesting Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Jan. 1 appointment as a rector of Melih Bulu, an academic who once ran for parliament as a candidate for Erdogan's party. Some of the protests have erupted into clashes between police and demonstrators and hundreds of people have been detained, some taken away following raids of their homes. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Riot police officers form a corridor as plainclothes police direct detained supporters of Bogazici University students following a protest in Istanbul, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. For weeks, students and faculty members of Bogazici University have been protesting Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Jan. 1 appointment as a rector of Melih Bulu, an academic who once ran for parliament as a candidate for Erdogan's party. Some of the protests have erupted into clashes between police and demonstrators and hundreds of people have been detained, some taken away following raids of their homes. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Riot police officers form a corridor as plainclothes police direct detained supporters of Bogazici University students following a protest in Istanbul, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. For weeks, students and faculty members of Bogazici University have been protesting Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Jan. 1 appointment as a rector of Melih Bulu, an academic who once ran for parliament as a candidate for Erdogan's party. Some of the protests have erupted into clashes between police and demonstrators and hundreds of people have been detained, some taken away following raids of their homes. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Riot police officers form a corridor as plain clothes police push detained supporters of Bogazici University students following a protest in Istanbul, Thursday, Feb. 4 2021. For weeks, students and faculty members of Bogazici University have been protesting Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Jan. 1 appointment as a rector of Melih Bulu, an academic who once ran for parliament as a candidate for Erdogan's party. Some of the protests have erupted into clashes between police and demonstrators and hundreds of people have been detained, some taken away following raids of their homes.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
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Police officers detain supporters of Bogazici University students following a protest in Istanbul, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. For weeks, students and faculty members of Bogazici University have been protesting Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Jan. 1 appointment as a rector of Melih Bulu, an academic who once ran for parliament as a candidate for Erdogan's party. Some of the protests have erupted into clashes between police and demonstrators and hundreds of people have been detained, some taken away following raids of their homes. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
