Open Letter Condemning the Purge of Academic Institutions in Turkey

Associate Professor of Philosophy Wellesley College

Associate Professor, Northern Illinois University

free the academicians, respect their academic freedoms

Associate Professor of History Pratt Institute

Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University

Professor Emeritus of Sociology California State University, East Bay

I lived in Turkey this past year, and am very distressed to see the continual erosion of democracy-- now much accelerated. This has to end.

Stand in solidarity with the democratic rights of the academia and people of Turkey.

Freedom of speech is more important than who holds the office of President.

I stand by all academics around the world!

Dept. of History, York University

Senior International Development Officer, Southampton Solent University (UK)

This is the way for a government to condemn a country to failure.

End the repression of academics.

Associate Professor of Italian, Penn State (University Park)

Lecturer, Political Economy, University of Sydney

I condemn the purging and muzzling of faculty and staff. I urge President Erdogan to support free academic institutions which are the cornerstone of democracy in Turkey and the world. The whole world is watching.

Philosophy dept., University of Amsterdam

Doctoral candidate, Stanford University department of Communication Researcher, Center for Design Research at Stanford Coleman F. Fung Interdisciplinary Research Scholar

This is taking Turkey way backward.