Striking words from President Erdoğan at the ceremony in Boğaziçi.

Striking words from President Erdoğan at the ceremony in Boğaziçi.

13.02.2026 16:20

In his statements at the opening ceremony of the Bosphorus University Male and Female Dormitories, President Erdoğan said, "Those who see universities as the backyard of their ideologies, those who establish a feudal system in universities as they please, do not want to lose their privileges."

President Erdoğan made statements at the "Opening Ceremony of the Male and Female Dormitories of Boğaziçi University." Stating that "with the reality of a Turkey whose star is increasingly shining on a global scale, our universities must adapt to this, renew themselves, and update," Erdoğan said, "Those who see universities as the backyard of their ideologies, those who establish a feudal system in universities as they please, do not want to lose their privileges."

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