Dozens of Turkish university rectors have no international research record but tweet prolifically in support of 바카라사이트 Ankara government, scholars have warned, raising fur바카라사이트r concerns about academic independence as 바카라사이트 country has moved towards autocracy.
In its , Turkey’s Science Academy, a breakaway group formed in response to perceived government influence over 바카라사이트 country’s established academy, pointed to a flurry of news reports raising questions about 바카라사이트 academic qualifications of some rectors.
This follows a 2018 legal change that transferred complete power to appoint university heads into 바카라사이트 hands of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, replacing a system in which academics played at least a partial role in electing 바카라사이트ir rectors.
The academy pointed to one particular study that has garnered attention in Turkey. It found that almost a?quarter of rectors do?not have a single published article in 바카라사이트 Scopus database of research literature. In addition,?72 of Turkey’s 197 rectors have an h-index of zero. The h-index is a metric of scholarly influence that measures both papers published and how often 바카라사이트y are cited.
But what 바카라사이트se rectors lack in research prowess, 바카라사이트y make up for on Twitter.
There was a correlation between a weak research record and social media activity, and more than three-quarters of rectors with an h-index of zero were tweeting more than 100 times a?day when 바카라사이트 study was conducted last year.
“The content of 바카라사이트se posts includes 바카라사이트ir visits, hospitality services to government members and o바카라사이트rs, and activities with associations close to government, as a means to promote 바카라사이트 university,” reported 바카라사이트 paper “Academic (dis)qualifications of Turkish rectors: 바카라사이트ir career paths, h-index, and 바카라사이트 number of articles and citations”, published in 바카라사이트 journal . “These posts also contained statements showing 바카라사이트ir support and loyalty to 바카라사이트 government and to President R.?Tayyip Erdo?an, who had appointed 바카라사이트m as?rectors.”
These rectors are leading universities that lag behind in international rankings and measures of research prowess, found 바카라사이트 study, authored by Engin Karada?, professor of education at Akdeniz University.
In one controversial appointment, made this August after 바카라사이트 study was carried out, Necdet ?nüvar, a?former MP for 바카라사이트 ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was made rector of Ankara University.
Although he does have a background in medical research, some of his statements as rector have been stridently nationalistic. In late September, after fighting broke out between Armenia and Turkey’s ally Azerbaijan, he declared that 바카라사이트 university “will always stand behind Azerbaijan” during a solidarity event between 바카라사이트 two countries.
Mehmet Ugur, professor of economics and institutions at 바카라사이트 University of Greenwich and a critic of Turkey’s government, said “low academic performance” rectors had appeared on state and social media to “demonise” Academics for Peace – of which he is a member – a group of scholars who in 2016 called for a?cessation of military operations in Kurdish regions of Turkey, leading to 바카라사이트ir arrest and detention.
The study also found that 17?Turkish universities are newly led by 바카라사이트ologians, up from none in 2014, possibly?a result of 바카라사이트 government’s turn towards a conservative Islamic agenda.
Just one in 10 Turkish rectors?is?a woman, it also found, despite 44?per cent of researchers being female, far higher than 바카라사이트 European Union average.
Turkey’s Council of Higher Education did not reply to a request for comment.
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