Turkey’s Higher Education Council (YÖK) sent a directive Monday (April 7) to universities instructing them to launch disciplinary proceedings against students involved in organizing recent boycotts. Boycotts have spread across the country in recent weeks, launched by both the main opposition and university students, in response to the March 19th arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.

The directive from YÖK noted that the boycotting or prevention of lectures and exams is banned by Turkish law, and........

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