Rare victory for Turkish scholars as protests force rector’s exit
Campaigners at Boğaziçi University say their victory could inspire others – but also fear a harsher crackdown under a new appointee
Campaigners at Boğaziçi University say their victory could inspire others – but also fear a harsher crackdown under a new appointee
Producing ‘real’ books builds academics’ collective public presence, and it is also the most irresistible scholarly challenge, says Ödül Bozkurt
We are gravely concerned that academics in Turkey are facing a campaign against them, which has been initiated by the Turkish president, for signing a petition. The petition demanded an end to state...
The Turkish government and the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, continue to oppress political dissent violently and illegally in Turkey. On 11 January, Erdoğan accused 1,128 academics of...