Interesting, here in Venezuela something similar also happened; food in public universities was free for a while and helped many people with very low incomes… But due to financial sanctions combined with hyperinflation and inadequate macroeconomic planning the food subsidy for public universities is currently pyrrhic.
On the other hand, if a Venezuelan student would decide to go to study in a public university in Turkey and would have to pay the amount of 0.28 $, that student would not bother to pay that amount of money and would not care to protest either; here the salaries are very low and for many Venezuelan families to afford food for the home is still an ordeal.
Greetings from Venezuela.I hope things get better in your homeland. :)
RE: My Incredible Lunch for Only $0.28- A Day in The University