Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against a purge of thousands of education staff since the attempted coup in July 2016, in front of the main campus of Istanbul University, November 3, 2016. Osman Orsal/ReutersEvren Altınkaş Current Analysis Intellectual Traditions and the Academy in Turkey — An Interview with Evren Altınkaş MERIP editors interview Evren Altınkaş, a Turkish scholar who was pushed out of his academic position by his university’s administration as a consequence of participating in the Gezi Park protests of 2013. Altınkaş discusses his work on the intellectual tradition in Turkey, the role of the ruling AK Ayça Alemdaroğlu, Elif Babül, Nabil Al-Tikriti • 11 min read
