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METU Administration to Review Construction Plan of State Dormitory

57TH DAY OF KAVAKLIK RESISTANCE

METU Administration to Review Construction Plan of State Dormitory

Following and supporting the resistance at METU, CHP Ankara MP Taşcıer has announced that the University Administrative Committee has decided to review the construction plan of the state dormitory planned to be constructed on poplar woods.

House of METU Student Raided Upon a Notice to Emergency Service Line

LAWYER AYDIN SPEAKS TO BİANET

House of METU Student Raided Upon a Notice to Emergency Service Line

Assoc. Prof. Öykü Didem Aydın, the lawyer of two detained METU students, said, “It is not certain who this informer is or if he or she does really exist. If there is really an informer, then, he or she should come up and file a criminal complaint.”

10 July 2019 Ayşegül Özbek

METU Students' Resistance for Trees Continues

METU Students' Resistance for Trees Continues

Although the cutting of the trees on the campus stopped after students' resistance and efforts by MPs, most of the trees on the planned construction site are already gone.

Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş and MPs at METU Campus Against Cutting of Trees

POLICE AT METU CAMPUS 55TH DAY OF KAVAKLIK RESISTANCE

Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş and MPs at METU Campus Against Cutting of Trees

Though it has been announced that the cutting of trees that started at the METU campus in Ankara earlier today has been halted after negotiations with METU President Verşan Kök, the concrete pouring vehicles have entered the construction site.

Police Intervention in Student Protest at METU

55TH DAY OF THE KAVAKLIK RESISTANCE

Police Intervention in Student Protest at METU

Students from the Middle East Technical University (METU) have been resisting against the construction project of a state dormitory in the Kavaklık area on campus for 55 days.

Students Stripped of Scholarships for Attending LGBTI+ Parade

Students Stripped of Scholarships for Attending LGBTI+ Parade

Ten students were detained at the LGBTI+ Pride Parade at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in the capital Ankara.

METU Students Detained Over an Informer's Email, Miss Graduation Ceremony

METU Students Detained Over an Informer's Email, Miss Graduation Ceremony

The students who were detained at around 5.30 am said that the detentions were made over an email that said, "These people already caused trouble in previous years. It would be good to take measures."

1 July 2019 Ayşegül Özbek

METU Students Boycott Classes to Protest Police Violence in Pride Parade

METU Students Boycott Classes to Protest Police Violence in Pride Parade

METU students have boycotted classes to protest the interference towards their university and the police violence in the 9th Pride Parade on May 10, 2019. Students have also made a call to METU President Verşan Kök to resign from office.

7th Pride Parade Held in Boğaziçi University

7th Pride Parade Held in Boğaziçi University

Organized by the Boğaziçi University LGBTI+ Studies Club, the 7th Pride Parade was held in the university on April 17. Waving rainbow flags, the students also carried the banner, “We have brought along the METU Pride Parade to everywhere."

METU Media Community Closed, 3 Panel Discussions Banned

METU Media Community Closed, 3 Panel Discussions Banned

Three events to be held at Middle East Technical University (METU) on December 19 have been banned on the pretext of “electoral process.” Presidency of the university has also closed METU Media Community, which was reporting the protests at METU.

21 December 2018 Sakine Orman

International Travel Ban on METU Students Lifted

International Travel Ban on METU Students Lifted

The court board has ruled that the international travel bans of METU students, who were previously arrested on charge of "insulting the president" for having carried a banner during their graduation ceremony, shall be lifted.

22 October 2018

Erdoğan Withdraws Complaint Against METU Students

Erdoğan Withdraws Complaint Against METU Students

In the wake of a meeting between President Erdoğan and the students of METU, who were arrested for a month due to a banner that they opened during the graduation ceremony, the attorney of Erdoğan has withdrawn the complaint against the students.

17 October 2018

Investigation by METU Against Those Opening Rainbow Flag in Graduation

Investigation by METU Against Those Opening Rainbow Flag in Graduation

An investigation has been launched against the students of METU due to a rainbow flag opened at the graduation ceremony. Students have been asked, “Flag is an element of crime, did you distribute it”, “Did you open the flag as a protest” and “Were there whistles”.

24 September 2018

4 METU Students Arrested Due to ‘Banner’

4 METU Students Arrested Due to ‘Banner’

Four students have been arrested on charge of “insulting the president” due to the banner with the “Kingdom of Tayyips” caricature that they carried during the graduation ceremony at METU.

METU Student Representatives Council Chair Detained

METU Student Representatives Council Chair Detained

After three students have been taken into custody as part of the investigation launched into a banner carried during the graduation ceremony at METU, the Student Representatives Council Chair of the university and two other people accused of preparing and printing the banner have been detained.

Students Say ‘Ban the Bans’ at 8th METU Pride Parade

Students Say ‘Ban the Bans’ at 8th METU Pride Parade

Hundreds of students have come together at the 8th METU LGBTI+ Pride Parade with the slogan, “Ban all the bans.”

‘Biggest Campus-Centered Pride Parade of Middle East and Balkans’ by METU Students

‘Biggest Campus-Centered Pride Parade of Middle East and Balkans’ by METU Students

54 student organizations from the METU have denounced university presidency’s ban of Pride Parade. LGBTIs from the METU have called on everybody to join the Pride Parade for tomorrow.

Ankara Governorship Shortens METU Spring Festival

Ankara Governorship Shortens METU Spring Festival

32nd International Spring Festival of the Middle East Technical University will be held this year on a single day due to a ban imposed by the Ankara Governorship.

Criminal Complaint Against Ankara Mayor Over Destroying METU Forest For Road Construction

Criminal Complaint Against Ankara Mayor Over Destroying METU Forest For Road Construction

A criminal complaint has been filed against Gökçek, the Mayor of Ankara achieving “ the record breaking construction of a 4.5 km long road in one night” in the METU Forest.

Trees Cut for Construction of Road Through Forest in Middle East Technical University Campus Area

Trees Cut for Construction of Road Through Forest in Middle East Technical University Campus Area

100 construction vehicles and 400 trucks of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality has entered the campus of Middle East Technical University on Saturday evening for the construction of a road planned to pass through the campus area.

11 September 2017 Haluk Kalafat

Statement by LGBTI from METU on Genderless Toilet

Statement by LGBTI from METU on Genderless Toilet

METU LGBTI+ Solidarity has declared that two toilets in Social Sciences building will be used as gender neutral as a result of their struggle.

22 June 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

11 Detained at METU Solidarity Protest in Istanbul

11 Detained at METU Solidarity Protest in Istanbul

Police detained 11 individuals who gathered in Istanbul to protest the cutting of trees for a road construction on METU campus in Ankara. While 4 were released briefly after, the remaining 11 detainees will testify before a prosecutor today.

23 October 2013 Ekin Karaca

Police Attacks in METU Throughout Last Night

Police Attacks in METU Throughout Last Night

Police forces assaulted demonstrators who aimed to replant trees in METU with gas bombs.

22 October 2013

New Trees to Be Planted on METU Campus

New Trees to Be Planted on METU Campus

Various groups from METU released a statement, saying that Ankara Municipality’s bulldozers committed an “unlawful environment massacre” by cutting trees on METU campus on the night of October 18.

21 October 2013

Dozers, TOMAs in METU

Dozers, TOMAs in METU

Early this morning, police attacked a group of activists in METU who were camping against the construction of road through the forest. While 15 demonstrators have been detained, bulldozers started their engines for demolition.

6 September 2013

METU Resists to Road Construction

METU Resists to Road Construction

Middle East Technical University (METU) students and some Gezi Park forums in Ankara have launched a protest in order to prevent a planned road construction through METU campus and forest.

METU Students Face Investigation on December Protests

METU Students Face Investigation on December Protests

Middle East Technical University President Office said that it launched investigations on more than 20 students for their involvement in the December protests after Ankara General Attorney prosecuted over 45 METU students.

18 February 2013 Beyza Kural

Academicians Launch Campaign Against PM, University Presidents

Academicians Launch Campaign Against PM, University Presidents

The campaign initiated by METU academicians to protest a university president declaration holding students responsible for the Göktürk 2 launch ceremony on December 18.

26 December 2012

METU Protestors Receive Travel Ban

METU Protestors Receive Travel Ban

On Saturday evening, an Ankara court released 8 university students who were detained after Friday police raids to investigate last week's protests at METU.

24 December 2012

Ankara Police Raids Apartments, Detains Students

Ankara Police Raids Apartments, Detains Students

Anti-terror police teams raided several apartments this morning, detaining students who protested PM Erdogan during Göktürk 2 satellite ceremony at METU on Tuesday evening.

21 December 2012

Interior Minister Confesses on Police Brutality

Interior Minister Confesses on Police Brutality

Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin admitted that police brutality denigrated the state authority when it caused deaths and said: "Though security officers should not hesitate to exercise force to intervene protests."

21 December 2012

Turkey's Campuses Show Solidarity with METU

Turkey's Campuses Show Solidarity with METU

METU professors boycott have boycotted the classes today, protesting the police brutality on campus on Tuesday.

20 December 2012

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