Student protests are spreading all over Europe. Italy, Britain, Greece and Turkey show no sign of rest. In Italy after the massive demonstration in Rome on 14 December, the protest will have a new highlight next Tuesday. Today the over 40 demonstrators arrested will appear in Court. In Turkey yesterday new protest against the ruling AKP government despite the harsh responses from police and politicians and ongoing threats of jail time for those participating in demonstrations.

One student is facing up to two years and four months in prison for throwing an egg at State Minister Egemen Baðýþ at a protest in Ankara, while two others have been under arrest for nine months pending trial for holding up critical posters during an appearance by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan in Istanbul.

Erdoðan was also the target of the latest student protest, which took place yesterday at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, where the prime minister was chairing a Science and Technology High Council Meeting to determine the country’s science policies.

Student demonstrators chanted slogans against Erdoðan and his ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, protesting the police presence at the university and saying they had not been allowed to enter the hall where the meeting was being held.