Tufts University student targeted by Trump administration completes PhD

Rümeysa Öztürk, who faced deportation over pro-Palestinian op-ed, travels back to Turkey to begin career Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Rümeysa Öztürk , the Tufts University student who was targeted by the Trump administration last year in response to co-writing a pro-Palestinian op-ed, completed her doctorate in the US and traveled back to her native Turkey this week. Öztürk was detained last year by immigration agents in Massachusetts, with video