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Open Letter Condemning the Purge of Academic Institutions in Turkey

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David Hayes
10 years ago

Academic freedom is the hallmark of a democratic society.

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Peter millar
10 years ago

In solidarity

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Carrie Smith
10 years ago

Silencing academics is a crucial step on the road to totalitarianism and signals that Turkey is dangerously close to becoming such a state.

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Torben Spaak
10 years ago

No comments needed!

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Kimon Hadjibiros
10 years ago

Professor, National Technical University of Athens

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Barbara Epstein
10 years ago

Professor Emerita, History of Consciousness Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Steven James Dodds
10 years ago

Deplorable situation.

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Nikolay Aretov
10 years ago

Professor, Institute for Literature, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

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Leila Talani
10 years ago

Professor of International Political Economy King's College London

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Ozkan Ozcevik
10 years ago

Erdogan is a fascist dictator who is threat to the entire world.

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Laura Desiree Di Paolo
10 years ago

No comments

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Khurrum Siddique
10 years ago

Dear Turkey, the Coup was a bad thing. But don't allow it to be a pretext to blame people who had nothing to do it. Khurrum Siddique

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Sandra Swart
10 years ago

Academic freedom is a foundation of a free and just society.

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isabella colalillo
10 years ago

This is the worst outrage against an oppresses people. Freedom of expression is the basis of a free and open society. By taking away academic rights to free expression you are shutting people up in a dark box while you save your own paltry life and greed for power. Give it up.

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Dimitrios Stamatopoulos
10 years ago

Associate Professor, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki

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Tea Kamushadze
10 years ago

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Anonymous
10 years ago

PhD Candidate, Harvard University

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Ulrike Heuer
10 years ago

Associate Professor, University of Leeds

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Stephen Epstein
10 years ago

Associate Professor, Victoria University of Wellington

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Eric Palmer
10 years ago

Calling for the blanket resignation of all Deans, as has been reported in RT (https://www.rt.com/news/352218-turkey-academics-ban-travel/), undermines any academic role for legitimate criticism, and is a politics that can only be characterized as a purge -- and an indiscriminate one, at that.