3211. Laboratory of Democracy? Turkey’s Scientific Institutions After the July 15 Coup
- Author:
- Reuben Silverman
- Publication Date:
- 10-2017
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Abstract:
- Since Turkey experienced a failed coup attempt a year ago, hardly a week goes by without news of new firings, suspensions, detentions, and arrests. By the end of June 2017, over 138,000 government employees had been removed from their jobs and over 110,000 citizens had been detained—with nearly half of these detentions leading to formal arrests. Numbers of this size are daunting. To put them in perspective and to give some sense of how the post-coup purges have affected institutions and lives in Turkey, consider the case of TÜBİTAK.
- Topic:
- Science and Technology, Democracy, Economy, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Coup
- Political Geography:
- Turkey and Middle East