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Jan 4, 2021

Students hold placards reading "We do not want appointed rector" and "Melih Balu cannot be a rector to our University" on Jan. 4, 2021, in front of Bogazici University in Istanbul, during a protest against the direct appointment of the new rector to Bogazici University by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. — OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images

Students demonstrate against the direct appointment Bogazici university's new rector by Turkish President, on January 4, 2021 in front of the University in Istanbul. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Students chant slogans and hold placards on January 4, 2021 in front of the Bogazici University in Istanbul during a protest against the direct appointment of the new rector to Bogazici university by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

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