Open Letter Condemning the Purge of Academic Institutions in Turkey

Professor of Art

Associate professor, University of Urbino

If people tolerate a state, it is because they expect it to support the freedom of expression - especially critical opinion - to ensure they are always informed about the state's actions in their name. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Professor of law and economics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Professor of International Relations, Graduate Institute, Geneva

University of Warwick

So sad to see such a glorious culture trampled by the heavy boots of dictatorship

freedom of thought and culture beyond the religions

Columbia University

Don't behovet less demokratin, please.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev/HumboldtßUniversität zu Berlin

Associate Lecturer in Philosophy, Grenoble University, France

University of Minho

PhD, honorary associate professor Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Philosophy Department, Tel Aviv University

Now more than ever Turkey needs impartial and educated thinking and free and open debate

appalling over-reaction at a time when a healing gesture and political recalibration would have worked wonders.

Academic freedom is strength

Please stop this if you have nothing to hide.

Professor Computer Science and Engineering Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA USA