Asking? Also, I didn't know about this, but I guess I should be prepared for even more of it: > President Recep Tayyip Erdogan clashed with academics earlier

Asking? Also, I didn't know about this, but I guess I should be prepared for even more of it: > President Recep Tayyip Erdogan clashed with academics earlier this year, when more than 1,000 of them signed a petition calling for peace in the southeast and criticizing the government’s handling of the state’s long-running battle with its Kurdish population centered there. Many ended up on trial, while others lost their jobs.