As part of an art exhibition organized for the protest, an artwork on campus reportedly depicting the Kaaba alongside a LGBT flag and a figure of Shahmaran led to the arrest of four students, who were in the exhibition team.[21][22] Turkish Ministry of Interior Süleyman Soylu referred to the arrested students as "four LGBT perverts", causing Twitter to later restrict his tweet.[23] After this event, Boğaziçi University LGBTI Studies Club closed by order from Melih Bulu.[24] Bulu defended and claimed himself as a LGBT rights advocate.[25]