According to a report titled "Dismissed Academics, Deserted Universities", a total of 4,811 academics have been dismissed from 112 universities in a series of emergency decrees issued by the government after the coup attempt in July.
In the list of the universities from which the academics were dismissed, the tops are Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart, Celal Bayar, Erciyes and Ankara universities.
The report which wrote up by the Republican People's Party (CHP) said that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) increased pressure on academics and free thought at the universities during the state of emergency which was declared after the failed coup attempt. The report stated that 15 universities out of 191 in Turkey were closed by 21 government decrees.
312 ‘ACADEMICS FOR PEACE’ MEMBERS WERE DISMISSED
The report also states that the number of the dismissed academics who signed the “Academics for Peace” petition against the curfews in predominantly Kurdish southeastern districts has reached 312. Most of the Academics for Peace members dismissed were from Ankara University (88), Anadolu University (27), Yıldız Teknik University (27) and Marmara University (23). Most of them were from the sociology, political science and international relations, journalism, economy, law and public administration departments.
CHP stated that the party will work together with the academics and have joint meetings to take steps against the government’s purge of academics.
According to a statement by the labour minister on January 10, over 135,000 people have been purged since the coup attempt, due to their alleged connection to U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen's religious sect network. AKP ex-ally was one of the masterminds of failed coup attempt.
