The sidewalks of the street that leads to the Bosphorus University are fenced. The subway entrance, guarded. In each of the surrounding cafeterias, policemen in plain clothes or with the bib that identifies them sit. Sheltered in the crossbeams are several trucks with pressurized water cannons.
Pairs of officers patrol up and down, some with automatic weapons on their shoulders. The doors of the University are protected by an anti-riot line: entering is prohibited except for teachers and students with a center card. And that there have been no face-to-face classes for months.
Since January 4, successive demonstrations have been played every day: at noon, dozens of teachers, wearing their robes, stand in front of the rectory and turn their backs on it.