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Generational Dislocation and Academic Solidarity—Aslı Bâli on MESA’s Global Academy
Academics lay down their gowns during a protest against the dismissal of colleagues from universities following a post-coup emergency decree, in the Cebeci campus of Ankara University in Ankara, Turkey, 2017. Umit Bektas/Reuters
MER Article

Generational Dislocation and Academic Solidarity—Aslı Bâli on MESA’s Global Academy

The last ten years have seen a precipitous decline in conditions for academics across the Middle East. With campuses under literal fire in some places and extraordinary repression and authoritarian crackdowns in others, research, writing and teaching have become nearly impossible in many places.
Aslı Bâli, Arang Keshavarzian • 13 min read
Intellectual Traditions and the Academy in Turkey — An Interview with Evren Altınkaş
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