This panel will address the Turkish government's recent attacks on academic freedom. The struggle for academic autonomy at Bogazici University will be the centre-piece, but the discussion will more broadly address the strangulation of universities in Turkey as a whole, with special emphasis on the Kurdish region.
Meet our speakers and chair:
Elif Babul is a faculty member at Mt. Holyoke College.
Yigit Torun is a student at Bogazici University.
Mine Eder is a faculty member at Bogazici University.
Nazan Ustundag is a former faculty member at Bogazici University.
Hayri Ince is a PhD candidate at Mardin Artuklu University.
Ayça Çubukçu is a faculty member at London School of Economics and Political Science.
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