Open Letter Condemning the Purge of Academic Institutions in Turkey

Head of Department of European Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague

Full Professor, Political Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Birmingham City University UK

Teacher, Lund University

I write in support of academics at Turkish Universities: prosecution of fellow academics (by the Turkish state), is a direct attack on academic freedom & human rights. And I would hope that the Government will see its lecturers as a resource - and not a problem - in terms of helping Turkey to progress

Professor of Political Science Texas A&M University

Associate Lecturer, Charles University in Prague

Professor of Politics, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

Solidarity with Turkish schools and universities

Academic shouldn't be affected due to politics

Senior Lecturer, University of Bradford, UK

James H. Rudy Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University

I condemn the tyrannic policy of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey

As a bicycle courier dependent upon increasing education rates and productivity the attack on educated people in Turkey is an attack on my industry.

Sofia University, Bulgaria

London based solicitor. All democratic countries value higher education, studying, researching and training future leaders. This is shameful.

Arzt für Innere Medizin

Please respect the independence of academic institutions and the academic freedom - it is/ should be key in any democracy

Dr Cormac O'Brien, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Academic freedom must be protected.