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In an open letter to President Erdoğan, Council of Higher Education head Prof. Özvar and Boğaziçi University’s appointed rector Naci İnci, Scholars at Risk has called for “immediate steps to safeguard academic freedom and institutional autonomy.”

2018 Courage to Think Defender Award has been granted to Academics for Peace due to their extraordinary efforts to form solidarity at universities and encourage academic freedom, freedom of questioning and peaceful exchange of ideas.