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Turkish University Suspends Arab Students for Attacking an Israeli

April 1, 1959
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Two Arab students at Istanbul University were suspended today for two terns by the University Council for assaulting Isaac Catalan, the only Israel student at the University.

The two Arabs, whose names were withheld, were found responsible for tic beating which took place last January. Catalan, who suffered head injuries in the attack, filed a complaint with Istanbul police art with University officials. He reported that he had been harassed constantly by Arab students, since he entered the University medical school in 1958.

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