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– Beyond coping: "Purged" Turkish academics are working outside the system, with revolutionary results (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 1, 2018

In 2016, over five hundred academics who signed a peace petition asking Turkey to end violence against Kurds were banned from teaching. In response, they set up alternative venues for education and research all over the country, free and open to everyone.
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