Istanbul, May 22, 2026 (AFP) - Turkey's Erdogan shuts liberal Istanbul university

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday ordered a top independent university with liberal leanings in Istanbul to shut in the middle of the school year , according to an official decree. Erdogan's decree, published in the official journal, revokes the operating licence for Bilgi University, which has more than 20,000 students from both Turkey and abroad, with some of its researchers renowned in their fields. As grounds for the move, the......

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