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Isn't it a shame that so few people in the US know about the path Turkey has gone through over the last decade when so much of it playing out in the same way there?
January 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In May ‘24, BU faculty issued a moving statement of solidarity with those facing repression for their defense of Palestine
“…we are too familiar with the presence of armed forces on our campuses and the brutal suppression of non-violent protests.”
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/4599...
Statement from Concerned Boğaziçi University Faculty
We, the faculty at Boğaziçi University, condemn the oppressive measures adopted by university administrations across the US against peaceful pro-Palestinian and anti-war protests held by students and ...
https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/45990/Statement-from-Concerned-Boğaziçi-University-Faculty
January 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
To understand the early days of the Boğaziçi resistance, read this article from February ‘21 by Ayça Alemdaroğlu and Elif Babül. They offer the immediate context as well as the long view of state interventions in higher ed in Turkey in the pre-AKP era

merip.org/2021/02/boga...
Boğaziçi Resists Authoritarian Control of the Academy in Turkey - MERIP
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's appointment of Melih Bulu as the new rector of Boğaziçi University on January 1, 2021 provoked outrage among students and faculty in Turkey. Alemdaroğlu and Babül expl...
merip.org
January 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
MESA’s Committee on Academic Freedom has extensively documented the struggle on that campus & across the country. This early letter from Jan ‘21 is a really helpful document laying out the “appointment by decree” system Erdoğan has increasingly weaponized post-2016
mesana.org/advocacy/com...
Middle East Studies Association
Letter to President Erdoğan regarding the adverse effects of his unilateral administrative appointments to Turkey's universities resulting in the complete erosion of the autonomy of Turkey's public un...
mesana.org
January 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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January 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM