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2 academics suspended at METU

2 academics suspended at METU

METU Rectorate has suspended research assistants Sibel Bekiroğlu and Mehmet Mutlu without specifying the reason.

Boğaziçi faculty, students and alumni granted MESA Academic Freedom Award

Boğaziçi faculty, students and alumni granted MESA Academic Freedom Award

The Middle East Studies Association of North America has awarded its 2021 Academic Freedom Award to the faculty, students, and alumni of Boğaziçi University, who have been protesting against the appointed rectors for almost a year now.

2 December 2021

Boğaziçi University | Özcan Vardar’s course not approved by appointed administration

Boğaziçi University | Özcan Vardar’s course not approved by appointed administration

The appointed administration of Boğaziçi has not approved the course of Özcan Vardar, a part-time lecturer since 2013. With the dismissal of Candan and cancellation of Erçin and Vardar’s courses, eight courses of the Film Studies have been closed.

29 September 2021

Constitutional Court annuls presidential decree: 'Universities are autonomous'

Constitutional Court annuls presidential decree: 'Universities are autonomous'

The top court has stated that the presidential decrees can't be issued on subjects that should be regulated by law according to the Constitution.

Appointed rector Bulu responds to CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu’s criticisms

Appointed rector Bulu responds to CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu’s criticisms

Melih Bulu, the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University, has made a statement in response to the criticisms of main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, saying, “Putting aside his tone, I would like to recall a few things as to the essence of the matter.”

‘Self-censorship has become the "normal" of Turkey’s academia’

REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM

‘Self-censorship has become the "normal" of Turkey’s academia’

Human Rights School has prepared a new report regarding the pressure on academics in Turkey. The report has shown that academic staff has become an instrument of pressure in itself and academics censor their own course materials.

10 February 2021 Ayça Söylemez

‘Censorship and self-censorship in Kurdish Studies in Turkey’s universities’

İSMAİL BEŞİKÇİ FOUNDATION

‘Censorship and self-censorship in Kurdish Studies in Turkey’s universities’

“In doing their academic studies or sharing their opinions with their students in class, most of the academics in the field of Kurdish Studies try to foresee which opinions and notions will overstep the red lines of the state or might be penalized,” says the report.

31 December 2020

‘Recent Amendments to Law on Higher Education Threaten Academic Freedom’

UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBERS ASSOCIATION

‘Recent Amendments to Law on Higher Education Threaten Academic Freedom’

Releasing an opinion piece as to the recently amended law on higher education, the University Faculty Members Association (ÜNİVDER) has called on the government to avoid shaping the academia according to its own ideology with law amendments.

Constitutional Court Restricts Authority of Council of Higher Education

Constitutional Court Restricts Authority of Council of Higher Education

Constitutional Court has ruled for the annulment of the article authorizing the Council of Higher Education Chair to directly launch an investigation against academics. “It undermines scientific autonomy and exceeds inspection authority”, it has concluded.

18 July 2019 Ruken Tuncel

Academic Freedom to be Discussed at International Human Rights Academy of the Aegean

Academic Freedom to be Discussed at International Human Rights Academy of the Aegean

The workshop organized by the International Human Rights Academy of the Aegean will be held in Nesin Mathematics Village in Şirince on September 22-24, 2017.

19 September 2017

'Situation of Academia in Turkey Reminds Me of Ceauşescu’s Romania'

ASSOC. PROF. DR. ANDREI STAVILĂ

'Situation of Academia in Turkey Reminds Me of Ceauşescu’s Romania'

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andrei Stavilă was an academic working at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. His contract was in effect between February 2015 and January 2016 and was about to be extended for another two years. But he had to resign on January 18.

28 January 2016 Beyza Kural

“Academicians Must Freely Express Their Thoughts”

“Academicians Must Freely Express Their Thoughts”

Turkey will both renounce constitutional law professor Mustafa Erdoğan’s restitution for criticizing the Constitutional Court of Turkey about closing a political party, and also pay him 7,500 Euros for non-pecuniary damages.

27 May 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

"Police Will Fade University's Colors"

"Police Will Fade University's Colors"

Reacting to Interior Ministry's new plan to assign to "guard officers" on university campuses, current and former student leaders spoke up to bianet, claiming that police presence would limit freedoms on campus.

21 May 2013 Ekin Karaca

May 1st and the Academic Freedom

May 1st and the Academic Freedom

Sabanci University banned 1st of May posters. The administration did not hesitate to warn students that this kind of activity may end up with their expulsion from the University.

4 May 2012 Emre Şahin,Macin Starzewski

Academic Freedom in Critical Situation

INERNATIONAL ACADEMICS CONCERNED

Academic Freedom in Critical Situation

International academics, most of them working in France, criticized arbitrary arrests and other repressions applied to academics in Turkey. They warned that academic freedom was unacceptably restricted and called on academics all over the world to join their work group.

25 November 2011

Intellectuals Rally in Support of Sociologist Beşikçi

A group of intellectuals and academics has condemned a PKK-related group, HPG, for openly threatening sociologist İsmail Beşikçi on their website.

4 February 2009

Prof. Yayla Punished for Saying Kemalism is “Regressive”

An Izmir court has sentenced Prof. Dr. Yayla to a suspended 15-month prison sentence for saying that Kemalism was “more regressive than progressive.”

13 March 2008 Erol Önderoğlu