Open Letter Condemning the Purge of Academic Institutions in Turkey

Sofia University, PoliSci department Democratically elected leaders do not prove their democratic credentials by repressing university professors and curtailing their academic freedom (or even their freedom of movement).

I am in solidarity with our collegues in Turkey! Miroslav Tizik, Institute for Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences

Ph.D., Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Boston University, United States.

Professor Emerita

For freedom in science and academic institutions!

Reader for Film, Art and Philosophy University for the Creative Arts Canterbury Kent CT1 3AN United Kingdom

University of Twente, The Netherlands

Fa CTU, Prague

Professor of Management and Nicolas M. Salgo Professor of Business Administration University of Maine Orono, ME 04469-5723, USA

PhD, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

PhD Candidate, Department of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles

Sofia University, Bulgaria

Please preserve freedom to criticise.

Professor and Department Chair Political Science Department Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO

HIgher education ensures the future of a society. Academic freedom ensures a just society. LYSE HÉBERT, Chair, School of Translation, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Canada.

Student, University of Bologna, Italy

Theocracy always ends badly.

Academic freedom is paramount to a thriving society.