Ozturk was one of four students who wrote an op-ed in the campus newspaper, The Tufts Daily, last year criticizing the university’s response to student activists demanding that Tufts “acknowledge the Palestinian genocide,” disclose its investments and divest from companies with ties to Israel.

A federal appeals court judge issued a stay on a district court's order to transfer a detained Tufts University student to Vermont, according to an order filed Monday.