Turkey student protests: teargas, pepper spray and pot-banging – video

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Escalating protests over the appointment of a state-approved rector at a prestigious Istanbul university have become an unexpected catalyst for Turkey’s disillusioned and underemployed youth to vent their frustrations at President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government.

Demonstrations by both staff and students erupted last month after the former political candidate Melih Bulu was appointed. The decision was denounced as undemocratic

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US President Biden halts support for Saudi strikes on Yemen | News | DW | 04.02.2021

US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the United States was ending its support for offensive operationsin the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

The president said the six-year conflict “has to end,” but stressed Washington would continue to back its long-standing ally Saudi Arabia.

“We’re stepping up our diplomacy to end the war in Yemen, a war which has created humanitarian and strategic catastrophe,” Biden said.

This war has to end, and to underscore our commitment, we are ending all America support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen, including relevant arms sales.”.

Biden made his remarks in a speech to State Department diplomats.

Source: US President Biden halts support for Saudi strikes on Yemen | News | DW | 04.02.2021

Turkey’s President says ‘there’s no such thing as LGBT’ and calls student protesters ‘terrorists’ (in a global first, wannabe Caliph loses touch with reality and humanity simultaneously!)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday blasted the LGBTQI+ movement as incompatible with the country’s values and compared student protesters to “terrorists”, as a month of youth-driven rallies shook his rule.

More than 300 students and their supporters were detained in Istanbul and the capital Ankara in increasingly violent and politically-charged altercations with the police this week.

Source: Turkey’s President says ‘there’s no such thing as LGBT’ and calls student protesters ‘terrorists’

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