It was nice to see him after a long time of Twitter friendship. His Google Scholar profile here. An enlightening session today about intl media coverage of Sweden’s infamous “light touch” COVID-19 strategy. The stereotypes, ignorance and ethnic correlation standards. @ChrChristensen @sakaerka #pub204 pic.twitter.com/AbBLOXocvN — Manahil Atcha ✨ (@manahilatcha) April 14, 2022
2021 Boğaziçi University protests
As a pan-European organization, ECREA (European Communication and Education Association) Research is appalled by the aggression of one European nation against another. ECREA strongly condemns this senseless act of violence and stands firmly behind our Ukrainian colleagues, and we encourage all members to use available platforms to influence political leaders in all European countries … Read more
Ottoman & Turkish Studies Association The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, founded and incorporated as the Turkish Studies Association in 1971, is a private, non-profit, non-political I would like to share my earlier tweet and further thoughts concerning the debate about removing Fuat Köprülü's name from the OTSA (Ottoman Turkish Studies Association) prizes along with the names of … Read more
No need to know Turkish. The appointed and very unwelcome Rector cannot find professors who would work with him so he appoints the same persons to several schools as the Dean. The majority of Boğaziçi University professors continue to protest: protests mark one year since Erdoğan’s rector appointment
Turkish journalist held over alleged ox insult against Erdoğan World news: Turkey Sedef Kabaş faces trial over use of proverb on TV and in tweet comparing palace to a barn A Turkish journalist has been jailed pending a trial for allegedly insulting the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after she cited a proverb on television and social … Read more
David Selim Sayers has recently penned a very long and detailed piece entitled as The Real Academy in Exile He is one of the Peace Academics but he did not join the more organizational dimensions of the movement such as joining the core mailing lists etc. The whole issue started after his application for a … Read more
President Erdoğan ousts Boğaziçi University rector Hurriyet Daily News Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on July 15 replaced a top Istanbul university rector whose appointment led to months of student-led protests against his rule. APPOINTED RECTOR DISMISSED: Boğaziçi University | Vice rector appointed as acting rector Bianet :: English Shortly after Melih Bulu, the appointed rector of … Read more
Danish academics fear for freedom after MPs condemn ‘activism’ ECREA protests against political attacks on academic freedom and is deeply concerned about the erosion of academic freedom in Denmark Dear ECREA members, ECREA is deeply concerned about the erosion of academic freedom in Denmark and the mounting political attacks on particular research areas within the … Read more
Boğaziçi academics released ‘damage assessment report’ | Ahval The academics of Boğaziçi University released a report addressing problems that emerged following… In other news: The rise and fall of Clubhouse in Turkey Global Voices Online by Arzu Geybullayeva After a brief period of popularity among opposition activists, pro-Erdoğan figures have now flooded the app Screenshot from the website … Read more
Faculty members continue to protest the rector appointment. Photo by Ömer Ak via Boğaziçi rector dismisses election for institute head, appoints his deputy instead Bianet :: English Prof. Naci İnci, a physicist, will head the university’s social sciences institute. PROTESTS AGAINST APPOINTED RECTOR: ‘We were all there,’ say Boğaziçi University students Bianet :: English Boğaziçi University students … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IKTb4HHGKI PROTEST AGAINST VICE RECTOR: ‘Weren’t you ashamed at all when your two students are arrested?’ Boğaziçi University students met Prof. Naci İnci, who is appointed as the new vice rector. “The trustee will leave; so will you. 2 vice rectors for the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University Bianet :: English Five weeks after … Read more
Dear colleagues, We invite you to consider submitting an abstract to “Rethinking Expertise under COVID-19: a New Look at Digitization and Decentralization”, panel @ 4S Annual Meeting, 6-9 October, Toronto and worldwide. Submission Deadline: March 8, 2021 via https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ssss/ssss21/ Keywords: enabling technologies, maker movement, expertise, healthcare, 3D printing This session takes its inspiration from transformations in … Read more
From media outlets to social media accounts, from Erdoğan’s speeches to bureaucratic authorities’ statements, many academics (mostly women) are targeted, students criminalized… Yes, Soros is mentioned, too: Erdoğan says that Osman Kavala's wife, Boğaziçi Professor Ayşe Buğra, is among "provocateurs representing (George) Soros" https://t.co/eQZtgwDidi — Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) February 5, 2021 Twitter blocks MHP … Read more
SOLIDARITY WITH BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY: 3,317 academics from around the world call on Turkey to respect university autonomy Bianet :: English 3,317 academics, thinkers and writers from around the world have released a joint statement condemning the actions against the Boğaziçi University students and calling on the appointed rector to resign. Statement here PUBLIC SURVEY: ‘69 percent of … Read more