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Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk says she will continue to pursue her case

'I lost both my freedom and also my education,' Rumeysa Ozturk says after being freed from more than six weeks of immigration detention in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 10, 2025 [Mel Musto/Getty Images via AFP]

A Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University in the United States has returned to Boston after spending more than six weeks in an immigration detention centre in Louisiana in what her lawyers call a politically motivated crackdown on free speech.

Upon arrival at Boston Logan International Airport, Rumeysa Ozturk told reporters on Saturday that she was excited to get back to her studies during what has been a “very difficult” period.

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