Open Letter Condemning the Purge of Academic Institutions in Turkey

Department of Philosophy, University of Lucerne

Like Stalins purge in 37 - which left the Red Army severly weakened, according to some historians up to '42. This purge of Turkeys academic institutions is likely to leave a scar. The example of the Soviet Union's purge of intellectuals in 37 is by no means intended to draw a line between Stalin and Erdogan, but it is wholly undemocratic and militant to initiate a purge of other institutions in the case of an attempted military coup.

Professor Emeritus, New York University

University of Tübingen (Germany), English Department

PhD candidate in Political Theory, Princeton University

Politics and International Studies, University of Regina

Arheolog, Makedonija

enough is enough!!!

University lecturer University of Helsinki

Professor of Economics Knox College

Director, Centre of African Studies, University of Copenhagen

Senior Lecturer, London Metropolitan University, UK

Honorary Reader in European Cinema Studies, University of Bath, UK

Debrecen, Hungary

Associate Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark

Be a democratic civilised State and respect intellectuals.

This is the real coup d'etat.

Lecturer, Gender & Women's Studies, UC Berkeley

I am greatly concerned about Turkey's transformation into a dictatorship! The actions taken have nothing to do with fighting a failed military take-over.

Senior Researcher & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin