University students around Turkey have been protesting for weeks AKP government's bill to split some 10 universities, including the historical İstanbul University and Ankara Gazi University.
According to local media outlets published on May 6, the AKP government postponed the parliamentary discussions on the bill to a period following the June 24 elections upon the rising protests of the university staff and students. The government is likely to have calculated negative effects of the protests on the outcome of the upcoming June 24 elections, media outlets comment.
The bill discussions at the parliament had been postponed to May 8 since the quorum was not met in the previous session. University students had also called for a massive demonstration on May 8.
However, the Communist Youth of Turkey (TKG) stress that the news is still a hearsay and no one should lower their guard. TKG called on the massive demonstration planned to be held on May 8. TKG stressed in a statement published earlier that the bill mainly aims to create rent for the capitalists and to drive students away from the city centres.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had previously said the protests against the university split project are "ideological".
