Rümeysa Öztürk Completes Doctorate at Tufts Nearly a Year After Harrowing ICE Arrest

Rümeysa Öztürk completes doctorate at Tufts nearly a year after harrowing ICE arrest

The Turkish national and Tufts University student was swept off the streets of Somerville last year by masked immigration agents. In a social media post this week, she announced she's completed her doctorate from Tufts’ Department of Child Study and Human Development.

Tufts scholar Rumeysa Ozturk earns her PhD one year after ICE arrest

‘Despite the very brutal, illegal and unjustifiable experiences I faced over the last year, I remain hopeful that our world can become a gentler and more peaceful place,’ she wrote