What is it about?
Attacks on academic freedom in Turkey has become increasingly systematic in recent years and thousands od academics have been dismissed. This study reflects on the effects of this worsening repression through interviews with researchers in the social sciences, both those dismissed and those still active in their profession.
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Why is it important?
Academic freedom is a cornerstone of democracy. As a critical component in fostering democracy and engaged citizensry, academic freedom is often one of the first targets of authoritarian policy. In Russia and Hungary, international universities are threatened with closure, but assaults on academic freedom are particularly severe and wide-ranging in Turkey.
Perspectives
The future of academic freedom in Turkey is uncertain. As academic freedom depends on a plural, democratic society, the future of Turkish academics will be closely linked to local and regional developments. However, one thing is clear: the violation of academic freedom in Turkey - a member state of the European Council - deserves serious attention from the international scholarly community.
Professor Klas Borell
Jonkoping University
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This page is a summary of: Social scientist under threat: Resistance and self-censorship in Turkish academia, British Journal of Educational Studies, August 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2018.1502872.
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