University staff and students clash with riot police in Turkey - in pictures

Demonstrations break out after President Erdogan appoints controversial party member as rector of Istanbul's Bogazici University

Students and staff face riot police in a protest against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to appoint Melih Bulu, a businessman with ties to the president's AK Party, as rector at Bogazici University in Istanbul. EPA

Turkish riot police use plastic bullets against demonstrators at Bogazici University, where students and staff object to Mr Erdogan's decision to appoint a rector, bypassing election by academic staff. The president was empowered to make the appointment by a 2016 law. EPA

Demonstrators flee tear gas at Bogazici University, one of Istanbul's most prestigious institutions. Reuters

Protests against the appointment of AK Party loyalist Melih Bulu as rector of Bogazici University by Mr Erdogan have escalated and opponents of the conservative president have become more vocal. Police made dozens of arrests in Ankara, the Turkish capital. EPA

Protestors at Bogazici University remonstrate with riot police officers. AFP

Confrontation but no violence between a demonstrator and a police office at the Bogazici University protests in Istanbul. EPA

Baris Atay, a Workers' Party of Turkey MP and vocal opponent of Mr Erdogan's AK Party, clashes with police at Bogazici University. AFP

The Turkish government said many of the demonstrators detained at Bogazici University were not from Istanbul. EPA

A lone protester confronts riot police in the streets of Istanbul. AFP

A woman is arrested by police during a protest against the appointment of new Bogazici University rector Melih Bulu. Getty

A protesters rides a motorbike with his dog during a protest in the Kadikoy district in Istanbul. Getty

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