Turkey Sacks 10,000 More Civil Servants
Under a legislative decree published on Saturday, Turkish authorities fired more than 10,000 public servants for alleged ties to the...
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Dolunay Bulut
Nov 14, 20163 min read
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...
Ebby Abramson
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...
Ebby Abramson
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...
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...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 26, 20161 min read
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...
Ebby Abramson
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...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 27, 20161 min read
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...
Ebby Abramson
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...
Ebby Abramson
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...
Ebby Abramson
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...
Ebby Abramson
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...
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...
Ebby Abramson
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...
Ebby Abramson
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...
Ebby Abramson
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...
Ebby Abramson
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"...
Ebby Abramson
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...
Ebby Abramson
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...
Ebby Abramson
May 19, 20163 min read
Life of Iranian Physicist Omid Kokabee in Danger
The life of Iranian physicist and political prisoner Omid Kokabee, who recently had surgery to remove a cancerous kidney, will be put in...
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