Turkey’s Academics and Students Defying the Purge in Solidarity: “We Are Not Leaving!”
The Turkish government has dismissed hundreds of academics from various universities in response to the July 2017 coup attempt, which in turn has been met by protest from students and professors.
by Aslihan Saygili
On July 16, 2016, in the hours following the failed coup attempt against Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the coup “a gift from God,” as he vowed retribution against mutinous soldiers.
Amidst traumatizing scenes of military tanks running over civilians on the streets of Ankar…
