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
Professor of Spanish Salisbury University Salisbury, MD - USA
Anthony Nuckols Adjunct Professor & PhD Candidate University of Valencia Valencia, Spain
He is abusing the coup to commit one himself. Academic freedom and freedom of speech... are very important.
This is unconscionable. Freedom of inquiry is central to the academic endeavor.
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.
It is disgraceful to see academics' free thought and free movement curtailed. This is not democratic.
Student, University of Oxford
Education is about freedom for all
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.
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.
The Turkish Government needs to stop killing people to consolidate power.
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.
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.
phd, professor
Stay strong
Professor Emerita & Adjunct Professor, Ryerson University Senior Scholar, Ontario Metropolis Centre
Associate Professor of Psychology, Brandeis University, USA
PhD. Department of Ethnology and Folklore Arts, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia
I condemn the purge of academic institutions in Turkey, it is unbelievable that this is happening in this day and age.
Ph.D., Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic