Here are the METU 2024 banners... Architect Selim Bey, Rector debates, inflation...

At the 2024 graduation ceremony of METU, students and parents turned their backs on Rector Ahmet Yozgatlıgil and protested with whistles. While the speech by valedictorian Ali Yıldız became a hot topic, the banners displayed at the graduation ceremony also drew attention on social media. Here are those banners...

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Here are the METU 2024 banners... Architect Selim Bey, Rector debates, inflation...

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The graduation ceremony for Middle East Technical University (METU) students turned into a protest against the appointed rector, while the speech by valedictorian Ali Yıldız also drew significant attention.

Eylül Barut from Cumhuriyet photographed the banners at the 2024 METU graduation.