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Turkish professor Sedat Laciner, under pre-trial detention for 26 months, gets 9 years in jail

Turkish professor Sedat Laciner, under pre-trial detention for 26 months, gets 9 years in jail

by TurkeyPurge | Sep 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Renowned Turkish academic and political scientist Prof. Dr. Sedat Laçiner, held under pre-trial trial detention since July 23, 2016, has been sentenced to 9 years and 4 months in prison. A Turkish court convicted, on Tuesday, the former rector of the Canakkale Onsekiz...
Turkey, the global leader in attacks against academia: report

Turkey, the global leader in attacks against academia: report

by TurkeyPurge | Sep 26, 2017 | Int'l Reactions

Scholars, academic staff and students across the globe continue to face threats while Turkey has been singled out as the home to the highest number of reported attacks, according to a recent report. In its Tuesday report, titled Free to Think 2017, SAR documented 257...
28 pct decrease in Turkey’s academic research output due to post-coup purge: report

28 pct decrease in Turkey’s academic research output due to post-coup purge: report

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 18, 2017 | Int'l Reactions

The number of research outputs by Turkey-based academics decreased by 28 percent year-on-year in 2017, according to a recent report. Freedom for Academia, a London-based online platform that aims to help academics victimized in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown, released,...
Turkey cancels work permit of British academic who signed peace declaration

Turkey cancels work permit of British academic who signed peace declaration

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK) has cancelled the work permit of a British academic, Chris Stephenson, who signed a peace declaration which in early 2016 called on the government to halt operations by security forces in southeastern Turkey. Stephenson, a...
Turkey in vicious cycle: Exodus of academics accelerating descent into autocracy

Turkey in vicious cycle: Exodus of academics accelerating descent into autocracy

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

The post-coup persecution of hundreds of thousands of government critics have led to a surge in the number of academics escaping Turkey. While many leave the country due to autocratic tendencies at home, the exodus of academics too accelerates the descent into the...
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