1992-2000 Boğaziçi University Rector,
President (2009-2013), Magna Charta Observatory of Academic Freedom and Institutional Autonomy, Bologna, Italy
Since the first days of 2021, protests and peaceful resistance of Boğaziçi University (BU) faculty triggered by an overnight and unexpected appointment of a rector by the President of the Republic has occasionally occupied the headlines of news and social media. Students have also joined in sporadically since student presence on campus has been limited