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What Western citizens do not know is that the military coup often has many legs: Military, Media, Financial institutions and Academy etc. This military coup ki

What Western citizens do not know is that the military coup often has many legs: Military, Media, Financial institutions and Academy etc. This military coup killed around 250 people wounded 2000 people. Moreover, the senate and the citizens were bombed by the military. What would do if your academics are in bed with those criminals?

nitrogen 10y ago
All the academics? How many people have been arrested, detained, or lost their jobs in the aftermath (I'm actually asking)? Also, "in bed" is pretty ambiguous. Sympathy is not a crime in the West, no matter how terrible the recipients of that sympathy.
- pinpinini 10y ago
  "All" described in the article is not true. There were some arrested because they were advising criminals (in fact, one of them was caught at the military airpot that launches F16 against people). Some were dismissed from critical positions. Don't forget that many of those are government employees.
  - tim333 10y ago
    I'm not sure about who did what in the coup but a couple of years ago 2000 academics signed a petition asking for peaceful negotiations with the Kurds rather than military action and Erdogan branded them terrorists and fired them for that which kind of shows his attitude.
    - pinpinini 10y ago
      Yes, that was the time when PKK terror organization destroyed 5-10 Kurdish cities and killed hundreds of Kurds. Those so-called academics were labeling the government as "terrorist" because Erdogan was defending Kurds and the country. Erdogan of course labeled them as terrorists. Remember that those academics do not do science-- see the scientific publications--instead doing politics.
      - nitrogen 10y ago
        I don't know the specifics in Turkey, but academics elsewhere are often expected to be the front-line defenders of free inquiry and equality. This is because free speech, free thought, etc. are necessary to do honest research.

nitrogen 10y ago

All the academics? How many people have been arrested, detained, or lost their jobs in the aftermath (I'm actually asking)? Also, "in bed" is pretty ambiguous. Sympathy is not a crime in the West, no matter how terrible the recipients of that sympathy.

pinpinini 10y ago
"All" described in the article is not true. There were some arrested because they were advising criminals (in fact, one of them was caught at the military airpot that launches F16 against people). Some were dismissed from critical positions. Don't forget that many of those are government employees.
- tim333 10y ago
  I'm not sure about who did what in the coup but a couple of years ago 2000 academics signed a petition asking for peaceful negotiations with the Kurds rather than military action and Erdogan branded them terrorists and fired them for that which kind of shows his attitude.
  - pinpinini 10y ago
    Yes, that was the time when PKK terror organization destroyed 5-10 Kurdish cities and killed hundreds of Kurds. Those so-called academics were labeling the government as "terrorist" because Erdogan was defending Kurds and the country. Erdogan of course labeled them as terrorists. Remember that those academics do not do science-- see the scientific publications--instead doing politics.
    - nitrogen 10y ago
      I don't know the specifics in Turkey, but academics elsewhere are often expected to be the front-line defenders of free inquiry and equality. This is because free speech, free thought, etc. are necessary to do honest research.