UPDATE 4-Erdogan says will not let Turkish university protests swell Reuters 2/3/2021 University rector was appointed by Erdogan More than 300 detained this week Erdogan says protestors are terrorists (Updates with State Department comment)
By Ali Kucukgocmen, Ezgi Erkoyun and Tuvan Gumrukcu
ISTANBUL, Feb 3 (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his government would not allow month-long demonstrations at a Turkish university to grow into anti-government protests similar to those in 2013, calling the protesters terrorists .
Defying a government ban on demonstrations, students and teachers at Istanbul s Bogazici University have protested Erdogan s appointment of Melih Bulu, an academic and former political candidate, as rector.
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