Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan attacked the LGBTQ+ community in a televised address to his ruling Justice and Development Party, amid continuing protests at Boğaziçi University which saw police arrest four pro-LGBTQ+ students.
The protests began after the government election of Professor Melih Bulu as a senior university official. The students argued it contradicted the university’s 158-year-long history of electing its own rectors.
However, a small group of students was then arrested for laying down a poster which showed the Kaaba (the most sacred site in Islam) alongside LGBTQ+ rainbows.
Protests at Boğaziçi UniversityPresident Erdogan condemned the pro-LGBTQ+ students, describing them as vandals and saying they do not represent.