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Academic Freedom Media Review Archive [2017]

Scholars at Risk monitors reports of threats to academic freedom and higher education communities worldwide, including media articles, blogs, opinion pieces and other announcements. Scholars at Risk identifies situations of concern on its own and welcomes reports submitted by faculty,

Support for Turkey’s Higher Education Community

Scholars at Risk is gravely concerned about the sweeping actions taken against Turkey’s higher education sector since the July 15 coup attempt. Forced resignations, suspensions, detentions, and travel bans have reportedly affected thousands of individuals, in Turkey and abroad, and

SAR urges expression of support for Turkey’s threatened higher education sector

Scholars at Risk is gravely concerned about sweeping actions against Turkey’s higher education sector, including forced resignations, suspensions, and travel bans, reportedly affecting thousands of individuals, in Turkey and abroad.

Professor Istar Gozaydin’s 100th day of incarceration displays deteriorating conditions for freedom of speech in Turkey

Thursday March 30th marks the 100th day of imprisonment of Professor Istar Gozaydin, lately Chair of the Department of Sociology at Turkey’s Gediz University.

Academic Freedom Media Review Archive

Turkey: Institutional Autonomy Under Threat

Scholars at Risk has joined international partners in endorsing the below petition regarding recent events at Turkey’s Boğaziçi University. On January 1, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed new rectors to five universities in Turkey. These included appointing Melih Bulu, a

Turkey’s Academics for Peace to Receive 2018 Courage to Think Defender Award

Scholars at Risk has announced Turkey’s Academics for Peace as recipients of the 2018 Courage to Think Defender Award, for their extraordinary efforts in building academic solidarity and in promoting the principles of academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, and the

Global higher ed networks stand with scholars in Turkey

“Actions reportedly taken against these scholars raise serious concerns not only for [the scholars’] professional and personal well-being, but for the overall well-being of the Turkish higher education and research community, and for the ability of intellectuals and institutions in

SAR calls for action to counter mass targeting of higher education communities in Turkey

July 30, 2019 | New York, NY – Scholars at Risk (SAR), in partnership with the Human Rights Centre of Ghent University, has filed a submission with the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR), highlighting pressures and attacks on higher

Free to Think 2020

Free to Think 2020 is the sixth installment of an annual report by SAR's Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, analyzing attacks on higher education communities around the world between September 1, 2019 and August 31, 2020.

Four more ways you can help higher education in Turkey

1. Share the statement with colleagues, friends and family by posting the following over social media: Join me in standing up for threatened scholars and students! Tell Turkey that #IdeasAreNotCrimes: ow.ly/JZ3N3048eTt 2. Encourage your association, network or institution to express publicly

1,267 Academics dismissed, 68 students abroad expelled, says Turkey decree

On October 29, 2016, Turkish authorities issued a decree ordering the dismissal of 1,267 academic personnel, and the expulsion of 68 students studying abroad, on suspicion that they were connected to a violent coup attempt on July 15. Authorities have

Turkey: 1,184 University Personnel Dismissed in Emergency Decree

On November 22, 2016, Turkish authorities issued a decree ordering the dismissal of 242 academic personnel and 942 higher education administrative personnel, on suspicion of connection to a violent coup attempt on July 15.

Turkey: Twenty-five students detained in dormitory raids

On June 2, 2018, Turkish authorities reportedly detained 25 university students in Adana, apparently based on alleged connections to Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen, who authorities claim was responsible for a violent coup attempt on July 15, 2016.

Information for applicants from Turkey

Thank you for applying to Scholars at Risk. Given the high volume of applications from Turkey that we have received in recent months, we are currently prioritizing applications from individuals experiencing the most immediate severe threats, including threats of violence,

Free to Think 2022

Free to Think 2022 is the eight installment of an annual report by SAR's Academic Freedom Monitoring Project and looks at 391 attacks on higher education communities around the world.

Solidarity with the people of Ukraine and Ukrainian higher education

Scholars at Risk stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and with people around the world, including in Russia, in condemning the ongoing acts of aggression against the Ukrainian people and territory by the agents and armed forces of

Urgent Calls for Help from Afghanistan

Join SAR’s Response Universities, colleges, and other institutional members of the SAR Network have mobilized swiftly to create a range of opportunities to make a difference in protecting threatened scholars and practitioners from Afghanistan. As we respond to hundreds of

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