On Student Struggle and Organisation at Boğaziçi University0

• Freedom of Association, Freedom Of Expression, General
• 27 August 2025

Elif Bozkurt & Barış Coşkun

One of the greatest legacies of the anti-trustee struggle at Boğaziçi University began with Mehmed Özkan, Boğaziçi’s first trustee-rector. This legacy grew with the appointment of Melih Bulu and reached a nationwide audience. Undoubtedly, it is the transformation of the Student Representative Boards (SRCs) into mechanisms of struggle. Once used as a stepping stone for student careers, the SRCs have now permeated every aspect of student life. They organise academic boycotts and handle everyday efforts, such as addressing water outages in dormitories.