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World in Progress: Turkey education purge continues

Dorian Jones
February 22, 2017

More than 300 academics, including some of Turkey's most prominent scholars, were dismissed last week under the country’s state of emergency rule. The latest removals have provoked an unprecedented backlash, with academics protesting across the country. They say the very basis of university education in Turkey is under threat. 

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(Report: Dorian Jones)