Turkey
The Costs of Peace-Seeking: Academics Under Attack
Anonymous ‘Turkey should be proud of the peace declaration signatories,”’ said Noam Chomsky last week, referring to 1128 academics that have lost their jobs, been banned from leaving the country, interrogated and detained for signing… Read More »The Costs of Peace-Seeking: Academics Under Attack
London Academics Extend Solidarity to Academics, Kurds Under Siege
Mel Plant, BA Arabic and Turkish This Friday, SOAS Students’ Union co-hosted an open meeting with the SOAS UCU and Unison branches, extending solidarity to Turkish and Kurdish academics in Turkey who have come under… Read More »London Academics Extend Solidarity to Academics, Kurds Under Siege
Students of SOAS Commemorate Armenian-Turkish Journalist
Lara Şarlak, MA Anthropology of Media Yesterday, the death of Hrant Dink, an Armenian-Turkish journalist who was assassinated by a Turkish ultra-nationalist 9 years ago, was commemorated in front of the SOAS main building. SOAS… Read More »Students of SOAS Commemorate Armenian-Turkish Journalist
Turkish Media Prepares for Further Crackdown After Elections
Lara Sarlak, MA Anthropology and Media The results of the previous Turkish general elections in June 2015 had many people carried away by the illusion of possible change. A pro-minority party, the HDP, had managed to pass the arbitrary electoral threshold… Read More »Turkish Media Prepares for Further Crackdown After Elections