DENIZ GOKTAS PROTEST IN ALLSTON Allston residents took to the streets yesterday at 3 p.m. local time to protest the arrest of famous comedian Deniz Goktas. The crowd gathered at the intersection of Wadsworth and Pratt Streets before marching toward Commonwealth Avenue. The protest was organized by SST, a former Harvard University student, and drew a notably large number of foreign participants. "SPEAK UP, OR YOU'LL BE NEXT" At the demonstration, attended by about 120 people, Turkish and English chants mixed together. "Speak up, or you'll be next" quickly became the crowd's favorite. Boston University students leading the march from the front kept time by banging pots and pans brought from home. Some students had brought only pan lids, which the organizing committee called "a low-budget but sincere show of solidarity." FOREIGN PARTICIPATION DREW ATTENTION Foreign participants were central to the demonstrations. Nearly half the crowd reportedly did not speak Turkish. They were observed moving their mouths theatrically during Turkish chants to appear as though they were joining in. According to a survey of 20 people conducted by OE, a senior at Boston University's Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, only 45 percent of protesters could speak Turkish. Many of the others continued marching because "the energy was good," despite not knowing exactly who Deniz Goktas was. AFTER TURKS, AMERICANS SHOWED THE MOST INTEREST According to OE's research in the National Institute of Allston magazine, Americans were the second-largest group at the event, at 25 percent. They were followed by people from the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 8.33 percent. OE did not hesitate to describe his study's p-value as "quite reliable." In the spirit of transparent science, he also politely shared a standard deviation of 3.89,05 with the public. Asked whether the sample size was sufficient, he replied, "Twenty people isn't a small number. That's a whole classroom." FULL SUPPORT FROM THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL Boston University Interfraternity Council president Igor Podolsiki was also among the demonstrators. "IDRK who this guy is, but he seems chill AF," Podolsiki said. He added that he supported freedom of thought and expression, and that peaceful protests like this were an undeniable part of democratic society. The crowd fell briefly silent after his speech. Then a protester at the back was heard asking, "Does Deniz Goktas do stand-up in English?"