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Turkish students allegedly beaten, detained after unfurling banner
10/08/2010 10:43:08
Two students at Istanbul's Yıldız Technical University wereallegedlybeaten anddetainedWednesday afterunfurlingabannerdemanding free education during an openingspeechby Turkish President Abdullah Gül.
Photographs from the event showed the two students beingdraggedon the ground and beaten for their protest, which alsodemandedthereleaseof two other students, Berna Yılmaz and Ferhat Tüzer, who were also detained for demanding free education during a speech by the prime minister six months ago.
Yılmaz and Tüzer wereaccusedof being members of an illegal organization and arefacingup to15 years in prison.
After Gül entered the auditorium to begin his speech Wednesday, the two students allegedly tried to enter the building as well but were prevented from doing so because onlyinviteeswere being granted entrance.
In response, the two students allegedly opened their banner which said, "We want free education, we will take it, signed: youth federation,' in front of the building. They also said, "It is not a crime to want free education.
Security services later took the students to the Beşiktaş Police Department, dailies Milliyet and Radikal reported.
At the same time, a group of 30 students also protested Gül's visit in front of the auditorium building but security guardsforcedthem to move to the other side of the campus, where they continued their actions until Gül left the school.
Students havestagedprotests demanding Yılmaz and Tüzer's release in the past. On April 20, eight members of a youth organization in the eastern province of Kars were detained for beginning asignature campaignfor the pair's freedom.
The same day, Sultan Gizem Duran from Malatya İnönü University was detained after being accused of making banners supporting the students' release.
Academics shouldfocus ontheirownbusiness
Speaking during the semester's opening, Gül providedadviceto academics about how they should share their political opinions about the presidential system,recommendingthat they merely focus on their own businessrather thanother business.
Academics should share their opinion in a way that befits their academic or scientific personalities, Gül said.
According toRadikal, the 42nd article of the Turkish Constitutionguaranteesthe free right to education of everyone in the country.
The Higher Education Board, or YÖK,previouslylisted a number of universitydecisionsthatconstituteda violation of freedoms at institutes of higher education, Milliyet reported.
The universities haddisciplinedstudents for a variety of "offenses,' including "holding their stomachsuspiciously,' "eating bread and ayran which werepurchasedfrom off school property' and performing a Turkish folk dance known as the "halay.'
Öğrenciler pankart açıktıkları için dövüldü ve gözaltına alındı - Turkish students allegedly beaten, detained after unfurling banner
Two students at Istanbul's Yıldız Technical University wereallegedlybeaten anddetainedWednesday afterunfurlingabannerdemanding free education during an openingspeechby Turkish President Abdullah Gül.
Photographs from the event showed the two students beingdraggedon the ground and beaten for their protest, which alsodemandedthereleaseof two other students, Berna Yılmaz and Ferhat Tüzer, who were also detained for demanding free education during a speech by the prime minister six months ago.
Yılmaz and Tüzer wereaccusedof being members of an illegal organization and arefacingup to15 years in prison.
After Gül entered the auditorium to begin his speech Wednesday, the two students allegedly tried to enter the building as well but were prevented from doing so because onlyinviteeswere being granted entrance.
In response, the two students allegedly opened their banner which said, "We want free education, we will take it, signed: youth federation,' in front of the building. They also said, "It is not a crime to want free education.
Security services later took the students to the Beşiktaş Police Department, dailies Milliyet and Radikal reported.
At the same time, a group of 30 students also protested Gül's visit in front of the auditorium building but security guardsforcedthem to move to the other side of the campus, where they continued their actions until Gül left the school.
Students havestagedprotests demanding Yılmaz and Tüzer's release in the past. On April 20, eight members of a youth organization in the eastern province of Kars were detained for beginning asignature campaignfor the pair's freedom.
The same day, Sultan Gizem Duran from Malatya İnönü University was detained after being accused of making banners supporting the students' release.
Academics shouldfocus ontheirownbusiness
Speaking during the semester's opening, Gül providedadviceto academics about how they should share their political opinions about the presidential system,recommendingthat they merely focus on their own businessrather thanother business.
Academics should share their opinion in a way that befits their academic or scientific personalities, Gül said.
According toRadikal, the 42nd article of the Turkish Constitutionguaranteesthe free right to education of everyone in the country.
The Higher Education Board, or YÖK,previouslylisted a number of universitydecisionsthatconstituteda violation of freedoms at institutes of higher education, Milliyet reported.
The universities haddisciplinedstudents for a variety of "offenses,' including "holding their stomachsuspiciously,' "eating bread and ayran which werepurchasedfrom off school property' and performing a Turkish folk dance known as the "halay.'