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'We want dormitories that don't make profit out of students'

STUDENT HOUSING PROTESTS

'We want dormitories that don't make profit out of students'

Like in many other places across the country, students at İstanbul Technical University have been protesting the housing problems. They faced attacks from the school's private security guards.

21 October 2021 Ceday Avcı

Hundred students expelled from dormitory without notice in Eskişehir

Hundred students expelled from dormitory without notice in Eskişehir

Students say they were asked to make payments for September even though they didn't stay in dormitories in that month. MP Çakırözer says thousands of students are facing the same situation.

14 October 2021

Agent-provocateur students, anti-camera shields, outlawed waste pickers and more

WEEKLY ROUNDUP #11

Agent-provocateur students, anti-camera shields, outlawed waste pickers and more

Erdoğan and Bahçeli take on students • Hundreds of waste pickers detained in İstanbul • 460 prisoners with a PhD degree • Gezi trial resumes • Turkey once again accused of child recruitment

12 October 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Addressing youth, Erdoğan insists students have no housing problem

Addressing youth, Erdoğan insists students have no housing problem

Amid widespread student protests for affordable housing, the president met with young people.

11 October 2021

Failing to find housing, women students face family pressure to return home

STUDENT HOUSING CRISIS

Failing to find housing, women students face family pressure to return home

We have spoken with three women students from different parts of the country about the housing crisis.

7 October 2021 Ceday Avcı

Erdoğan calls student housing protesters 'liars'

Erdoğan calls student housing protesters 'liars'

Faced with exorbitant rent prices, university students have been spending nights at parks demanding adequate and affordable housing.

27 September 2021

Alevi foundations to open worship places for students who can't find housing

Alevi foundations to open worship places for students who can't find housing

University students have been facing a "housing crisis" with exorbitant rent prices and infussificent dorm capacities.

24 September 2021

'Hundreds of thousands of students will be deprived of education'

STUDENT HOUSING

'Hundreds of thousands of students will be deprived of education'

While there are about eight million university students in Turkey, the capacity of the KYK dormitories is less than a tenth of this, HDP deputy Orhan Işık has said.

20 September 2021