mem_somervilleFeb 22

For anyone who could use a spot of good news--outside of our region you might not have heard of it.

Dr. #RumeysaOzturk has completed her PhD.

"I would like to be called Dr. Öztürk, not Miss Öztürk, from now on.”

Yes, Dr. sister!

#SomervilleMA

https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/20/ozturk-phd-tufts-ice-immigration

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.

Show threademotional support tigerFeb 22
@mem_somerville isn’t it in #MedfordMA, 😂
Show threadAndromeda YeltonFeb 23
@aojiaohu @mem_somerville Although the official Tufts mailing address is in Medford, the Somerville/Medford line runs through campus, and the abduction was in Somerville. Not sure where the literal graduation ceremony was held.
Show threademotional support tiger
@thatandromeda @mem_somerville yeah I live very close to that line
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