Police intervened against the students who wanted to hold a protest in İstanbul’s Kadıköy district on April 1, 2021 in support of their friends arrested for joining the Boğaziçi University protests against the appointed rector. Taking 35 people into custody, police officers also physically intervened against Halk TV reporter Erdinç Yılmaz and camera operator Umur Çilingir, who were at the scene to cover the incident, by pushing and kicking them (April 1).