Souffle of Istanbul

Since the 2nd january 2021, a wave of protest has spread over the Istanbul's student. Here is what I saw, understood and witness from their fight

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Turquie : la Bogazici entre lutte pour l’indépendance et soulèvement contre un pouvoir autoritaire

Article écrit avec Noémie Cadeau pour Le vent se lève En Turquie, les libertés universitaires sont de nouveau menacées en ce début...

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Turkey: Bogazici between struggle for independence and uprising against the authoritarian power

An article written with Noémie Cadeau for Le Vent se lève Academic freedom in Turkey is again under threat as the year 2021 begins. At...

VOICES

Scripts of interview with different protest actor

All soon available on downloading ...

DENIZ

Sociology master student

"This protest is about reconquering a political space in Turkey"

AHMET

Student under custody

"We set in front of the rector office and started to chant "kaaayyuuummm"

BERNA

Feminist activist

"We know that we have the greatest power against this hegemonic patriarchy"

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BURAK

Pol.302 member

"With this instagram account, we created a room that mainstream media denied us"

"Kayyum rector" is a short documentary that explores the extension of the symbolic and physical violence during the protest, and how student deal with it.

Directed and edited by Vedat Hakan Beyaz and myself

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