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Turkey's President Directly Appoints Rector to Istanbul's Bogazici University

On November 12, 2016, Mehmed Özkan was directly appointed rector to Istanbul’s prestigious Bogazici University by President Recep Tayyip...

Joint Letter of Appeal on Behalf of Serkan Golge, Imprisoned NASA Physicist

Oct 24, 20161 min read

Joint Letter of Appeal on Behalf of Serkan Golge, Imprisoned NASA Physicist

On October 24, 2016, Endangered Scholars Worldwide and the Committee of Concerned Scientists transmitted a Joint Letter of Appeal to the...

Six Years On, Jailed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate's Family Faces Severe Hardship & Social Isolation

Oct 9, 20162 min read

Six Years On, Jailed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate's Family Faces Severe Hardship & Social Isolation

Six years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo seems unlikely to be given a chance to "seek medical...

The Purge Continues—Turkey Detains Another 23 Academics Over Use of "Suspected" Mobile App

Dolunay Bulut

Oct 8, 20162 min read

The Purge Continues—Turkey Detains Another 23 Academics Over Use of "Suspected" Mobile App

23 Turkish academics who were allegedly using ByLock, a text messaging application, were detained last week as part of a witch-hunt...

Iranian-Canadian Professor Homa Hoodfar Released From Prison

Sep 26, 20161 min read

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Iranian-Canadian Professor Homa Hoodfar Released From Prison

Concordia University professor Homa Hoodfar, who has been detained in Tehran's Evin prison since June 6, 2016 has been released, Canadian...

Aug 29, 20161 min read

Omid Kokabee Released on Parole

Imprisoned Iranian laser scientist Omid Kokabee, who was on brief medical leave to recuperate from kidney-cancer surgery, has been...

ESW Remembers Law Professor Killed in Terrorist Attack Against American University of Afghanistan

Aug 27, 20161 min read

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ESW Remembers Law Professor Killed in Terrorist Attack Against American University of Afghanistan

Endangered Scholars Worldwide remembers Naqib Khpulwak, a law professor who was killed in an attack on the American University of...

Turkey Issues Arrest Warrants for 85 University Academics Nationwide

Aug 19, 20162 min read

Turkey Issues Arrest Warrants for 85 University Academics Nationwide

Arrest warrants have been issued for 44 academics from Istanbul University, 29 from Selcuk University, and 12 from Abant İzzet Baysal...

5,342 Turkish Academics and Administrators Suspended

Aug 17, 20162 min read

5,342 Turkish Academics and Administrators Suspended

Turkey's Council of Higher Education (YÖK) announced on Friday that a number of academics and administrative staff members at public and...

US Citizen and NASA Scientist Detained in Turkey in the Aftermath of Failed Coup

Aug 16, 20162 min read

US Citizen and NASA Scientist Detained in Turkey in the Aftermath of Failed Coup

Serkan Golge, a 36-year-old NASA physicist of Turkish descent, was arrested on August 6 and formally accused of involvement with the...

China Sentences Lawyer to 7 Years in Jail for Subversion

Aug 15, 20161 min read

China Sentences Lawyer to 7 Years in Jail for Subversion

A Chinese court sentenced lawyer Zhou Shifeng to seven years in prison. Zhou’s Beijing-based law firm, Fengrui, has defended some of...

The Purge Continues in Turkey—20 Professors and Lecturers Suspended from Anadolu University

Dolunay Bulut

Aug 9, 20162 min read

The Purge Continues in Turkey—20 Professors and Lecturers Suspended from Anadolu University

On August 8, twenty professors who previously signed the declaration entitled “We will not be a party to this crime” were suspended from...

Aug 2, 20163 min read

Petition—The War on Academics in Turkey

Endangered Scholars Worldwide is deeply concerned over recent reports from Turkey regarding the plight of the academic community. Since...

1,577 Turkish University Deans Told to Leave Following Failed Coup d'Etat

Jul 19, 20161 min read

1,577 Turkish University Deans Told to Leave Following Failed Coup d'Etat

Anadolu news agency reported that Turkey's Board of Higher Education has requested the resignations of 1,577 university deans at state...

“Crusade Against Academics” Continues in Turkey

Jun 22, 20161 min read

“Crusade Against Academics” Continues in Turkey

On Monday a Turkish court ordered the detention of Erol Onderoglu from Reporters Without Borders; journalist Ahmet Nesin; and Professor...

Turkish University Professor Fired for Insulting President Erdoğan During Lecture

Jun 22, 20162 min read

Turkish University Professor Fired for Insulting President Erdoğan During Lecture

Bilgi University confirmed that Professor Zeynep Sayın Balıkçıoğlu was fired after "insulting the Turkish president during a lecture"...

Canadian-Iranian Professor Arrested in Tehran by Revolutionary Guards

Jun 8, 20162 min read

Canadian-Iranian Professor Arrested in Tehran by Revolutionary Guards

Iranian authorities have arrested a Canadian-Iranian professor of social anthropology, the latest in a string of cases involving dual...

May 27, 20161 min read

Omid Kokabee Released on Bail

Imprisoned Iranian laser scientist Omid Kokabee, who recently had surgery to remove a cancerous kidney, has been released on bail to...

Life of Iranian Physicist Omid Kokabee in Danger

May 19, 20163 min read