Open Letter Condemning the Purge of Academic Institutions in Turkey
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Erika Mihalycsa
10 years ago
The world's academic community needs to stand up against the barbarous purge of Turkey's universities, and condemn president Erdogan's patent violation of human rights.
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Radoslava Brhlikova
10 years ago
Assistent Professor, Constantine the Philosopher Univeristy, Nitra
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Gregory Mitchell
10 years ago
Assistant Professor
Williams College
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Asa Andersson
10 years ago
Assoc. Prof., Univ of Copenhagen
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Angela Daly
10 years ago
Research Fellow, Queensland Umiversity of Technology Faculty of Law
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Bonnie Wilson
10 years ago
Associate Professor of Economics
Saint Louis University
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Dylan Thurston
10 years ago
Professor of Mathematics, University of Indiana, Bloomington
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vicky
10 years ago
Stop Erdogan from controlling academia.
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Houshang Ardavan
10 years ago
University of Cambridge
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John baldwin
10 years ago
Professor emeritus
Univ of illinois chicago
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Rachel Skrlac Lo
10 years ago
Please reconsider your actions. This is not democratic.
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Tony Mattson
10 years ago
Health and education are two key pathways to the intergenerational development of prosperous and humanitarian societies.
This purge of Turkey's educational resources is neither humanitarian nor movement towards prosperity. Instead it represents the stifling of truth and democracy and can only become a backward step for Turkey.
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Doerthe Engelcke
10 years ago
University of Göttingen,Germany
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Siobhan McGrath
10 years ago
Lecturer from Durham University in solidarity with all those working in the education sector.
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M A Coleman
10 years ago
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
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Donald Hindley
10 years ago
Nothing more to add. A VERY serious matter.
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Julie Mitchell
10 years ago
This act by Ergodan is a serious threat to Turkey's universities. Turkey has some fantastic world research schools, such Koç and Boğaziçi. Firing academic deans and restricting the travel rights of faculty has the potential to decimate the academic environment in Turkey for a generation or more. Please reconsider this decision. Turkey's secular, democratic government and strong education have been a model of Middle East prosperity. Please do not throw this away.
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George King
10 years ago
Please lift the ban on free movement of academics. They are among a country's most valuable resources.
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Tijmen de Kok
10 years ago
If you need to silence truth at this scale, you're definitely going the wrong way
The world's academic community needs to stand up against the barbarous purge of Turkey's universities, and condemn president Erdogan's patent violation of human rights.
Assistent Professor, Constantine the Philosopher Univeristy, Nitra
Assistant Professor Williams College
Assoc. Prof., Univ of Copenhagen
Research Fellow, Queensland Umiversity of Technology Faculty of Law
Associate Professor of Economics Saint Louis University
Professor of Mathematics, University of Indiana, Bloomington
Stop Erdogan from controlling academia.
University of Cambridge
Professor emeritus Univ of illinois chicago
Please reconsider your actions. This is not democratic.
Health and education are two key pathways to the intergenerational development of prosperous and humanitarian societies. This purge of Turkey's educational resources is neither humanitarian nor movement towards prosperity. Instead it represents the stifling of truth and democracy and can only become a backward step for Turkey.
University of Göttingen,Germany
Lecturer from Durham University in solidarity with all those working in the education sector.
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
Nothing more to add. A VERY serious matter.
This act by Ergodan is a serious threat to Turkey's universities. Turkey has some fantastic world research schools, such Koç and Boğaziçi. Firing academic deans and restricting the travel rights of faculty has the potential to decimate the academic environment in Turkey for a generation or more. Please reconsider this decision. Turkey's secular, democratic government and strong education have been a model of Middle East prosperity. Please do not throw this away.
Please lift the ban on free movement of academics. They are among a country's most valuable resources.
If you need to silence truth at this scale, you're definitely going the wrong way
University of Essex, Colchester, UK