Tuğba Tekerek on the crisis in Turkish academia
January 30, 2024
Turkey Book Talk #211 – Tuğba Tekerek, journalist and author, on “Taşra Üniversiteleri: AK Parti’nin Arka Kampüsü” (Provincial Universities: The AK Party’s Backyard Campus), published by İletişim.
The book examines the impact of the government’s push to open over 100 universities across Turkey over the last two decades. It paints a picture of falling academic standards but increased outlets for the ruling party’s religious nationalist ideology.
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