TURKEY. Istanbul. March 2021.
"We are not silent, we are not afraid, we do not obey"
Another day, another heavily repressed protest.

At least 42 students were detained that day outside Istanbul's main court as they gathered to support Boğaziçi students, who were themselves arrested for displaying a rainbow flag at another protest the day before.

The previous month, Erdogan had compared some of the students to "terrorists" and said the LGBT cause was incompatible with the country's values.

The student protests have been going on since January 2021, when President Erdoğan appointed the controversial Melih Bulu as the head of a top university in Istanbul. Students see Bulu's appointment as part of Erdogan's effort to centralise control over universities.