A fight early on Friday at İstanbul University between two student groups ended with police detaining 50 students.

Turkish media reported that the fight broke out at the university’s Beyazıt campus between two groups of students attacking each other with stones and sticks. Police had to intervene and detain 50 students involved in the clash. Security measures have been tightened around the campus. The reason the scuffle broke out was not immediately apparent.

Some students were heard chanting “Muslim youth” as they were being detained.