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Watch students play Metallica during university protests in Istanbul
Metallica as the soundtrack to a protest – see footage below.Students at Bogazici University in the Turkish city were demanding the resignation of their new loyalist president Melih Bulu.Bulu, who was placed as head of the prestigious university by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is a known loyalist and member of the country’s conservative AK Party.Though Bulu said he has no intention to change the culture of the institution, many students still called for his resignation at protests on campus on Wednesday (January 7).The heavy metal soundtrack came due to a TV interview Bulu gave the day before the protests, in which he revealed that he is a Metallica fan.See footage from the protests, which were soundtracked by the band’s hits ‘Master Of
