Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has condemned Western nations and their universities for their treatment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

"They taught us democracy for years, but we all saw how those who make these judgments behaved on the Gaza issue," Erdoğan said during an event in the capital Ankara on Oct. 8.

At Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, students now must receive approval from the administration before they can protest. Rutgers University students will need to acquire a permit from the school. And at Indiana University, students may no longer engage in what school leaders call "expressive activity" between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Following pro-Palestinian protests that spread from U.S. universities this spring to campuses worldwide, U.S. schools are tightening security ahead of the start of fall classes, including a ban on protest camps.