Academic Freedom Media Review Archive [2017]
...10/07 One is a NASA scientist who was vacationing with relatives in Turkey. Another is a Christian missionary who has lived in Turkey for 23 years. Others include a visiting...
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Support for Turkey’s Higher Education Community
...reportedly affected thousands of individuals, in Turkey and abroad, and threaten the future of higher education in Turkey. In an August 2 letter of appeal SAR expressed grave concern over...
SAR urges expression of support for Turkey’s threatened higher education sector
July 19, 2016—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...
Professor Istar Gozaydin’s 100th day of incarceration displays deteriorating conditions for freedom of speech in Turkey
...developing pattern of infringement of freedom in Turkey. A founder of Turkey’s branch of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly in the 1990’s, Dr Gozaydin has long pursued research and action within...
Turkey’s Academics for Peace to Receive 2018 Courage to Think Defender Award
Berlin, Germany – Scholars at Risk (SAR) has announced Turkey’s Academics for Peace (Barış İçin Akademisyenler) as recipients of the 2018 Courage to Think Defender Award, for their extraordinary efforts...
Global higher ed networks stand with scholars in Turkey
...on members of Turkey’s higher education and research community. Read the joint letter The letter responds to reports that Turkish federal prosecutors have placed under investigation approximately 1,128 scholars, in...
SAR calls for action to counter mass targeting of higher education communities in Turkey
...their families who were barred from international travel by decree; and amending, revising or repealing Turkey’s Anti-Terror Law in a manner consistent with Turkey’s obligations under international law. SAR also...
Academic Freedom Media Review Archive [2018]
...Read more. Turkey academic jailed after raids on professors and activists Al Jazeera, 11/19 A court in Turkey has jailed an Istanbul academic pending trial following raids on professors and...
1,267 Academics dismissed, 68 students abroad expelled, says Turkey decree
...rights instruments including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Turkey is a party. In addition to the harm to...
Turkey: Twenty-five students detained in dormitory raids
...is a party. In addition to the harm to the immediate victims, such incidents have a chilling effect on academic freedom and undermine democratic society generally. Sources: https://www.turkishminute.com/2018/06/02/25-students-detained-over-gulen-links-in-police-raid-on-university-housing/ https://turkeypurge.com/25-students-detained-over-gulen-links-in-turkeys-adana http://www.trthaber.com/haber/turkiye/adanada-fetonun-hucre-evlerine-operasyon-25-gozalti-368247.html...
Turkey: 1,184 University Personnel Dismissed in Emergency Decree
...Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Turkey is a party. In addition to the harm to the immediate victims, such...
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:...
Academic Freedom Media Review Archive [2019]
...under threat in Turkey and the trials of Academics for Peace Episode 1 (Podcast) Central European University, 06/01 This podcast is dedicated to Academics for Peace in Turkey who have...
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...
Free to Think 2019
...in Turkey, dissuading current and future scholars and students from fully exercising their academic freedom. Loss of Position and Travel Restrictions Throughout Turkey, thousands of academics remain in a state...