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July 11, 2017

Turkey: More Than 40 Academics Arrested at 2 Istanbul Universities Monday
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In Turkey, more than 40 academics and university workers were arrested
at two Istanbul universities on Monday, amid Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan's widening crackdown. Among those arrested on charges of
alleged terrorist links was professor of political science Koray
Caliskan. This is Koray Caliskan speaking on Democracy Now! last summer
about how he and more than 1,000 other Turkish academics signed a peace
petition.

Koray Caliskan: "Of course. I signed that letter, too. First, it was
signed by more than 1,200 academics. When Erdogan called us terrorists
or voices of terror, 1,000 more academics signed it. Since then, more
than 100 academics lost their jobs. What Erdogan does is to do what all
authoritarians do: If there is-if he is being criticized and if he
doesn't agree with academics or journalists, he accuses them of being
with terrorists."



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