Two students at Istanbul's Yıldız Technical University were allegedly sözde beaten and detained gözaltına almak Wednesday after unfurling göstermek a banner afiş demanding free education during an opening speech konuşma by Turkish President Abdullah Gül.
Photographs from the event showed the two students being dragged çekmek on the ground and beaten for their protest, which also demanded istemek the release serbest bırakma of 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 were accused suçlamak of being members of an illegal organization and are facing karşı karşıya gelmek up to kadar 15 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 only invitees davetli were being granted entrance.
In response karşılık olarak, 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 aynı anda, a group of 30 students also protested Gül's visit in front of the auditorium building but security guards forced zorlamak them to move to the other side of the campus, where they continued their actions until Gül left the school.
Students have staged sahnelemek protests 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 a signature campaign imza kampanyası for 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 should focus on odaklanmak their own kendi business
Speaking during the semester's opening, Gül provided advice tavsiye to academics about how they should share their political opinions about the presidential system,recommending tavsiye etmek that they merely focus on their own business rather than yerine other business.
Academics should share their opinion in a way that befits their academic or scientific personalities, Gül said.
According to göre Radikal, the 42nd article of the Turkish Constitution guarantees garantiye almak the free right to education of everyone in the country.
The Higher Education Board, or YÖK,previously önceden listed a number of university decisions karar that constituted oluşturmak a violation of freedoms at institutes of higher education, Milliyet reported.
The universities had disciplined disipline sokmak students for a variety of "offenses suç,' including "holding their stomach suspiciously kuşkuyla,' "eating bread and ayran which were purchased satın almak from off school property' and performing a Turkish folk dance known as the "halay.'