 In the second half of the 1990s, Government of Serbia started negotiations with Albanian leaders about the university and came to the agreement that the Albanians would get control over 60% of the University campus, Serbs 35% and Turks 5%.However, Kosovo Serb protesters staged violent protests against the transfer and eventually had to be evicted by government forces.The buildings were extensively damaged, with furniture and equipment deliberately vandalized as to make them unusable.