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Turkish court approves release of two jailed Bogazici students

Berke Gok and Perit Ozen were among 14 students arrested in October 2021 for protesting the government-appointed rector at Istanbul’s Bogazici University.
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A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of two students jailed for participating in protests against the government-appointed rector of one of Turkey’s top public universities.

Rights groups had called on Turkey to release Berke Gok and Perit Ozen, each of whom had spent more than three months behind bars on charges including violating Turkey’s law on demonstrations and preventing public officials from doing their jobs. 

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