Academic purge in Turkey

Professor detained over Gülen links while working at excavation site

July 9, 2017

Prof. Dr. Abdüsselam Uluçam, former rector of Batman University and head of an excavation team in Hasankeyf’s historic area, was detained as part of...

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Assistant dean at Marmara University resigns amid purge

February 13, 2017

An assistant dean at İstanbul’s Marmara University, Professor Ahmet Demirel, resigned on Monday following the latest purge of 330 academics at Turkish universities last...

Engineering professor, family detained near Greek border while fleeing witch-hunt in Turkey

February 5, 2017

Former assistant professor at Istanbul University’s faculty of engineering E.Ö. was detained along with his family in Turkey’s border town of Meriç as they...