953 Staff Including 743 Academics Suspended at 24 Universities

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By July 22, 953 staff including 743 academics have been suspended in total since the beginning of investigations. Also four rectors have been suspended by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK).

10 academics have been suspended upon the investigation for signing the declaration entitled “We won’t be a party to this crime.”

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

The updated list is as follows:

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

Adnan Menderes University: 19 academics, 11 administrative staff have been suspended.

Afyon Kocatepe University: 40 academics, 16 administrative staff have been suspended.

Atatürk University: 11 academics have been taken into custody and suspended.

Bayburt University: 3 academics, 2 administrative staff have been suspended.

Bülent Ecevit University: 20 academics, 11 administrative staff have been suspended.

Celal Bayar University: 84 academics, 18 administrative staff have been suspended.

Cumhuriyet University: Seven academics have been suspended.

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

Dokuz Eylül University: 2 academics, one administrative staff have been suspended..

Düzce University: 16 academics have been suspended.

Erciyes University: 16 academics have been suspended.

Hakkari University: 12 personnel have been suspended.

Iğdır University: 10 academics, one administrative staff have been suspended.

İstanbul University: 95 academics have been suspended.

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

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

Pamukkale University: 43 administrative staff have been suspended.

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

Sakarya University: In total 45 academics have been suspended.

Siirt University: 13 academics, two administrative staff have been suspended.

Uşak University: Nine academics have been suspended.

Van Yüzüncü Yıl University: Due to coup attempt investigation seven academics, 10 peace declaration signatory academics have been suspended.(SG/BK/UA)