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Offline bigheadfred

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Repression in Turkey has led to the loss of the country’s academics and educators.
« on: January 22, 2017, 04:29:11 pm »
Turkey loses its brains

ISTANBUL — For Turkey’s academics, the new year began with a new wave of dismissals. With 2017 not yet a week old, 631 researchers and professors lost their jobs with the stroke of a pen.

In the course of the past year, thousands of Turkish scholars were fired or suspended in a similar manner, victims of the government’s sweeping purge following last summer’s failed coup. More than a dozen universities were simply shut down by decree.

The increasingly repressive atmosphere has spurred hundreds to leave the country, turning to Western countries, particularly in Europe, to escape prosecution and a steady erosion of academic independence.

http://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-failed-coup-purge-scholars-loses-its-brains/
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Re: Repression in Turkey has led to the loss of the country’s academics and educators.
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2017, 04:30:41 pm »
Not saying I agree with repression, but I can't help but think this country would be a lot better off with a few less "professors" and "researchers"  Maybe we could send them ours as replacements
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Re: Repression in Turkey has led to the loss of the country’s academics and educators.
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2017, 04:37:36 pm »
Quote from: Mom MD on January 22, 2017, 04:30:41 pm
Not saying I agree with repression, but I can't help but think this country would be a lot better off with a few less "professors" and "researchers"  Maybe we could send them ours as replacements

I think this follows the trend in countries where islam grows.

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Re: Repression in Turkey has led to the loss of the country’s academics and educators.
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2017, 04:40:04 pm »
Quote from: bigheadfred on January 22, 2017, 04:37:36 pm
I think this follows the trend in countries where islam grows.

All part of the plan when Erdogan had his "Reichstag Fire" coup attempt.
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Re: Repression in Turkey has led to the loss of the country’s academics and educators.
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2017, 11:50:03 pm »
Turkey exhibits proof that islamic nations, no matter how "progressive" they seem, eventually revert to the norm.
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Re: Repression in Turkey has led to the loss of the country’s academics and educators.
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2017, 03:02:56 am »
Quote from: dfwgator on January 22, 2017, 04:40:04 pm
All part of the plan when Erdogan had his "Reichstag Fire" coup attempt.

He's also managed to replace all of his secular Generals with one's that are good practitioners of Sharia.

IIRC that purge happened about 4 years ago.
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« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2017, 03:05:12 am »
Quote from: Fishrrman on January 22, 2017, 11:50:03 pm
Turkey exhibits proof that islamic nations, no matter how "progressive" they seem, eventually revert to the norm.

The only reason Turkey has reverted after decades of modernization is Erdogan and his henchmen.

IMHO if the U.S. and other NATO conutries had taken a little more interest in what was going on it could have been stopped.
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Re: Repression in Turkey has led to the loss of the country’s academics and educators.
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2017, 03:07:27 am »
That's the problem with Turkey, it is that they have veered into becoming much more Islamic with Erdogan.

That Gulen fellow who is now Erdogan's nemesis was his friend in the past; what Gulenism was, was putting more Islam back into the government.

http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2015/12/18/book-release-the-gulen-movement-turkeys-islamic-supremacist-cult-and-its-contributions-to-the-civilization-jihad/

It's probably on the agenda for Islamic radicals to push Islam into their governments more.

They may have even been a fairly trustworthy ally in the past. It's gotten much worse with Erdogan.
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