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"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 airpo
by 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 agoI'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 agoYes, 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 agoI 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.