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Open Letter Condemning the Purge of Academic Institutions in Turkey

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Louise Detwiler
10 years ago

Professor of Spanish Salisbury University Salisbury, MD - USA

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Anthony Nuckols
10 years ago

Anthony Nuckols Adjunct Professor & PhD Candidate University of Valencia Valencia, Spain

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Ingrid Helsen
10 years ago

He is abusing the coup to commit one himself. Academic freedom and freedom of speech... are very important.

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Philip Nel
10 years ago

This is unconscionable. Freedom of inquiry is central to the academic endeavor.

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Marek Skovajsa
10 years ago

Marek Skovajsa, Ph.D. Vice-Dean for Research Charles University Prague Czech Republic Historical experience has taught us that research and education cannot flourish under authoritarian or totalitarian regimes. The infringements on academic freedom in Turkey must stop.

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Dan Gorman
10 years ago

It is disgraceful to see academics' free thought and free movement curtailed. This is not democratic.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Student, University of Oxford

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Clare
10 years ago

Education is about freedom for all

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Albert Katz
10 years ago

it is important the world take heed of the challenge to civil liberties, civil society and democratic inquiry created by this crackdown on academic institutions.

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Melissa Williams
10 years ago

The Erdogan government's attack on academics is a shocking but unmistakable turn to fascism. Turkey should not be recognized as a legitimate order so long as these and related measures are in place.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

The Turkish Government needs to stop killing people to consolidate power.

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Klaus Tappe
10 years ago

I understand the positions the different groups in Turkey stand for, but all positions have to be respected. That's democracy (protecting the rights of minorities in a country), the courts and schools must remain independent.

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Albert Katz
10 years ago

It is important the world take notice on this attack on academic institutions on Turkey and the implications this has for civil liberties and civil society.

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Grcev Aleksandar
10 years ago

phd, professor

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Atilla Kahveci
10 years ago

Stay strong

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Kenise Murphy Kilbride
10 years ago

Professor Emerita & Adjunct Professor, Ryerson University Senior Scholar, Ontario Metropolis Centre

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Angela Gutchess
10 years ago

Associate Professor of Psychology, Brandeis University, USA

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Jana Ambrozova
10 years ago

PhD. Department of Ethnology and Folklore Arts, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia

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Linda Bloemhard
10 years ago

I condemn the purge of academic institutions in Turkey, it is unbelievable that this is happening in this day and age.

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Eva Hejzlarova
10 years ago

Ph.D., Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic