Many universities in Turkey supported the Gaza protests of university students in the USA with a statement published on their social media accounts.
While the Gaza protests, which started a few days ago at Columbia University in the USA and spread to universities in different states, continue, universities in Turkey made a statement of support for these students.
“A blow to fundamental human rights and academic freedom”
The following statements were made in the statement published in Turkish and English on the corporate social media accounts of the universities:
“For more than 6 months, violence has been committed against university students who have been peacefully protesting the brutality aimed at destroying innocent people living in Gaza. Protesters at many universities, from Columbia University to Yale, from New York University to Harvard, have been calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.” Students are being detained during the protests, and universities are switching to distance education to stop the protests. They accept the disproportionate reaction against the peaceful reaction of university students as a blow to basic human rights and academic freedom. “We hear and condemn it strongly.”
In addition, the rectors of some universities shared the same statement on their personal social media accounts and supported university students in the USA who participated in the Gaza protests.
26 universities announced their support
The statement has been made so far by Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Amasya University, Anadolu University, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara University, Ardahan University, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Bartın University, Bursa Uludağ University, Dokuz Eylül University, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Fatih Sultan Mehmet University. Vakıf University, Kahramanmaraş İstiklal University, Istanbul Technical University, Çukurova University, Gaziantep Islamic Science and Technology University, İskenderun Technical University, Istanbul Nişantaşı University, Istanbul Kent University, Karadeniz Technical University, Kayseri University, Kütahya Health Sciences University, Middle East Technical University, It was shared on the social media accounts of Pamukkale University, Tarsus University and Galatasaray University.
It was stated that the support statement will be shared by other universities.
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