Universities After The Coup Attempt: 1,617 Suspensions, 284 Detentions, 8 Arrests

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After the July 15 coup attempt, alongside suspensions, detentions and arrests are happening as well.

By July 26, 1,294 academics including four rectors, 323 administrative staff have been suspended at at least 41 universities. 234 staff have been taken into custody, eight have been arrested at 14 universities. 15 universities have been shut down.

15 universities have been shut down by statutory decree regarding the measures taken within the scope of State of Emergency.

On July 20, Council of Higher Education (YÖK) announced that "legal action to be taken against academic and administrative staff in parallel state formation.”

Suspensions

Abant İzzet Baysal University: 30 academics and four administrative staff.

Adnan Menderes University: 19 academics, 11 administrative staff.

Afyon Kocatepe University: 40 academics, 16 administrative staff.

Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University: 11 academics, an administrative staff.

Atatürk University: 22 academics, eight administrative staff.

Balıkesir University: 31 academics.

Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University: Nine academics, three administrative staff.

Bayburt University: 5 academics, 11 administrative staff.

Bozok University: 76 academics, 38 administrative staff.

Bülent Ecevit University: 20 academics, 11 administrative staff.

Celal Bayar University: 84 academics, 18 administrative staff.

Cumhuriyet University: Seven academics.

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University: 152 academics, 20 administrative staff.

Dicle University: 56 staff, a rector.

Dokuz Eylül University: 2 academics, an administrative staff.

Düzce University: 16 academics.

Erciyes University: 16 academics.

Gazi University: Rector has been suspended.

Gaziosmanpaşa University: 17 academics, five administrative staff.

Hakkari University: Hakkari University: 12 staff.

Iğdır University: 10 academics, one administrative.

İstanbul University: 95 academics.

Katip Çelebi University: 65 academics, 15 administrative staff.

Sütçü İmam University: 60 academics, 19 administrative staff.

Karabük University: 20 academics, six administrative staff have been suspended.

Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University: Two academics, four administrative staff.

Niğde University: 181 staff including 124 administrative.

Ondokuz Mayıs University: 23 academics.

Pamukkale University: 43 academics and administrative staff.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University: Nine academics and two administrative staff.

Sakarya University: 45 academics.

Selçuk University: 167 academics, 10 administrative staff.

Siirt University: 13 academics, two administrative staff.

Uşak University: Nine academics.

Van Yüzüncü Yıl University: Due to coup attempt investigation seven academics, 10 peace declaration signatory academics.

Yıldız Technical University: Rector has been suspended.

Yalova University: Rector has been suspended.

Detentions and arrests

Atatürk University: 10 detentions.

Celal Bayar University: 20 detentions.

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University: Seven arrests.

Çukurova University: 19 detentions.

Dicle University: 70 detentions, an arrest.

Gazi University: One detention.

Harran University: 21 detentions.

İstanbul University: 31 detentions.

Kanuni University: One detention.

Kırklareli University: 5 detentions.

Yalova University: One detention.

Universities that have been shut down: 15

15 universities that have been shut down by statutory decree regarding the measures that taken within the scope of State of Emergency as follows.

Altın Koza (İpek) University(Ankara)

Bursa Orhangazi University (Bursa)

Canik Başarı University (Samsun)

Selahattin Eyyubi University (Diyarbakır)

Fatih University (İstanbul)

Melikşah University (Kayseri)

Mevlana University (Konya)

Şifa University (İzmir)

Turgut Özal University (Ankara)

Zirve University (Gaziantep)

Kanuni University (Adana)

İzmir University (İzmir)

Murat Hüdavendigar University (İstanbul)

Gediz University (İzmir)

Süleyman Şah University (İstanbul)

(SG/BK/UA)