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The Turkish “crisis” of July 15, 2016, marked a turning point in the state’s restructuring policies. In the university sector, this shift translated into strengthened presidential control over the rector appointment procedures. By consolidating partisan and clientelist networks, these appointments sparked protests within universities. Based on a master’s thesis, this study examines the student demobilization that followed the occupation movement at Boğaziçi University (January 2021). The article analyzes student activist disengagement through relational conditions (networks, social interactions, and the structuring of the activist offer) and dispositional conditions (social and political dispositions, collective resources) as they vary according to situational logics. Two main findings emerge: on the one hand, inherited dispositions—sometimes reactivated through activist experience—shape the maintenance, withdrawal, or reconfiguration of engagement; on the other hand, the variability of activist resources and the perceived costs of activism, especially under repressive conditions, foster intermittent participation, uneven levels of involvement, and even early disengagement.