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Defending Academic Autonomy in Turkey

Hosted by Department of Sociology and LSE Human Rights

Facebook Livestream

Speakers

Dr Elif Babul

Yigit Torun

Professor Mine Eder

Dr Nazan Ustundag

Hayri Ince

Chair

Dr Ayça Çubukçu

Dr Ayça Çubukçu

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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