Gizem Sert

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Boğaziçi University students have housing problems because of rising rental prices and highly priced dormitories within the campus. Students state that KYK grants are not sufficient for their housing and food needs.

Rumeli Hisarı neighborhood which hosts Boğaziçi University students has the most rising rental prices in İstanbul. Rental prices in the neighborhood, which is preferred by students for its closeness to the campus, increased 290% last year and this year, they exceeded the 70% consumer price index (TÜFE) rate announced by Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). In addition to rising rent expenses, dormitory prices within the campus also increased. 

We talked to Yiğit and Eftelya- Boğaziçi University Political Science students about rising rent expenses, insufficient number of houses and rises in dormitory prices.

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Regarding engineering, I have faced sexism constantly, from choosing my major to my internship. One male engineer once asked me: “Why did you choose this profession as a girl?”

As women who are imprisoned in the home, whose right to education has been usurped, whose ability to question is taken away, isolated from professional life, and used as cheap labor force; we are systematically exposed to physical or psychological violence. Yet, we are fighting to change the world order we live in as female university students in our women’s movement. Each of us is grabbing life from somewhere; our problems are common, and our struggle is common.