Université : affrontement à Ankara – 19 janvier 2011

Turkish student protesters face police interference

hurriyetdailynews.com

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Police violence again marred a meeting between students and the head of Turkey’s top education board on Wednesday.

Police detained two students after they attempted to enter a meeting between the head of Turkey’s Higher Education Board, or YÖK, Yusuf Ziya Özcan, and university student council representatives in Ankara.

A group of students calling itself the « Student Collective » gathered in front of Ankara’s YÖK office chanting slogans and calling for the abolition of the « freakish » education board.

When three representatives from the group attempted to enter the building to participate in the meeting, officials intervened. The three were then joined by the rest of the group and they attempted to enter the building en masse.

After police dispersed the group with pepper spray, the students re-grouped and marched to the building again, prompting police to intervene and detain two of the students. One student sustained head injuries during the police operation and was rushed to hospital in an ambulance. Read more…

Students clash with police in Turkey

news.am

January 20, 2011

A students’ rally led to clashes with the police in Turkey. Dozens of students tried to break through a meeting with the officials from Council for Higher Education. Only several students were invited at the event, held behind the closed doors.

The demonstrators decided to storm the building, throwing rocks and sticks and tried to break through a police cordon. The law enforcement officers used tear gas, but it did not help to disperse the protestors. The police was forced to use water cannons to disperse the crowd. .