Two final-year mathematics students were detained by plainclothes police during a graduation ceremony at Celal Bayar University.
The report said police did not present any evidence at the scene and that the students were detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement.
Ankara designates the Gülen movement, a transnational civic initiative inspired by Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, as a terrorist organization and blames it for Turkey’s July 15, 2016 coup attempt. The movement denies involvement in the coup or any terrorist activity.
The detention of the two female students on what was supposed to be one of the happiest days of their lives caused shock and anger among other students and families attending the ceremony.
