Note that Turkish Tufts PhD candidate Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, is not alleged to have actually participated in any "ruckus." All she did was write an op-ed in support of the Palestinians. That's what got her abducted off the street by ICE agents in Somerville, Massachusetts on Tuesday.
"The Secretary expressed concerns regarding recent arrests and protests in Türkiye," says a Wednesday State Department press release about a meeting with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. The concerns were not elaborated upon but maybe had something to do with freedoms of speech and expression being cracked down during protests over anti-democratic political repression, lol.