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Turkish academic investigated over book on PKK, denied professor emeritus status

Turkish academic investigated over book on PKK, denied professor emeritus status

by TurkeyPurge | May 19, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

A political scientist from Turkey’s Sakarya University has allegedly been investigated by Turkish authorities over a book he wrote on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in 2017. According to tweets posted by the academic himself, he was also denied professor...
Computer science professor, jailed in post-coup sweep, gets cancer diagnosis in prison

Computer science professor, jailed in post-coup sweep, gets cancer diagnosis in prison

by TurkeyPurge | Sep 4, 2017 | Human Tragedies

Under arrest for 13 months over links to the Gulen movement, Ahmet Turan Özcerit, an associate professor at Sakarya University’s Faculty of Computer and Information Science until he was dismissed, has been diagnosed with cancer in his liver and intestines. Özcerit was...
Turkey jails 7 more academics over coup charges

Turkey jails 7 more academics over coup charges

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Seven academics who were earlier dismissed from Sakarya University as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement were arrested over their use of ByLock mobile application. The suspects are accused of using the ByLock smart phone application, which according to...
Turkish professor unable to even count coins after torture in prison

Turkish professor unable to even count coins after torture in prison

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 17, 2016 | Torture

Under arrest as part of an investigation into a July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, a Turkish professor has been rendered incapable of even counting right amount of money to pay for a bottle of water at the prison canteen as a result of days of harsh treatment. Merve...

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