Културната война, която изтърпя един от най -добрите университети в Турция
На пръв взор, абитуриентският партия в Истанбул в университета в Богазичи беше летна идилия, акмен на академична приемливост и спогодба в един от най -престижните университети в Турция. Бързо шофиране на пънк, с цел да оживи сместа. Glimpsed through trees, distant pleasure boats plied the Bosphorus as it sparkled in the June sun.
In fact, Boğaziçi’s elegant grounds are a crucible of Turkey’s culture wars, home to battles that encapsulate many of the country’s travails — and that mirror disputes in the US and Hungary, where Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán are also seeking to bring elite universities to heel.
The furore at Boğaziçi erupted in 2021 after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan mandated a loyalist to be its rector, and is set to come to a head again this week.
Although Turkey’s highest court ruled last year that such presidential appointments are unconstitutional, it made the decision on procedural grounds and new government legislation, which re-established th...
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