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Tufts international student taken into custody by federal agents

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MassachusettsMarch 26, 2025 11:06 am

Tufts international student taken into custody by federal agents

The detained student has been identified by her attorney as PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national. Neither the university nor her attorney knows why Ozturk was detained.

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