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Open Letter Condemning the Purge of Academic Institutions in Turkey

The Editorial Board - 22 July 2016

The editorial board of Metropolitics invites its readers to join it in its support of the following petition (link below) condemning the current situation in Turkish academic institutions.

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“As academics and administrators affiliated with colleges and universities around the world, we the undersigned strongly condemn the recent attacks on academic freedom by President Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP).”

Link: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/the-purge-of-academic-institutions-in-Turkey

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To cite this article:

The Editorial Board, “Open Letter Condemning the Purge of Academic Institutions in Turkey”, Metropolitics, 22 July 2016. URL : https://metropolitics.org/Open-Letter-Condemning-the-Purge.html

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