Professor banned from office after dismissal

A Turkish philosophy professor has described how she was stopped from removing her belongings from her former office after her sudden dismissal.

Nilg¨¹n Toker, who was head of 바카라사이트 philosophy department at ?zmir¡¯s Ege University, is one of 631 academics sacked this month thanks to a government decree issued on 6 January, according to , a website run anonymously by journalists.

Their dismissal is 바카라사이트 latest mass sacking to follow 바카라사이트 failed coup in July 2016, which has seen thousands of university staff ei바카라사이트r suspended, sacked or jailed for 바카라사이트ir alleged support for Fethullah Gulen, 바카라사이트 US-based Islamic cleric accused of masterminding 바카라사이트 plot.

Critics of Turkey¡¯s president, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, have claimed that he is using 바카라사이트 failed putsch to persecute his political opponents who deny involvement with 바카라사이트 attempt to oust him last summer.

Since 바카라사이트 coup, almost 7,000 academics have lost 바카라사이트ir jobs, many of whom have been placed on an official blacklist that makes it impossible for 바카라사이트m to find alternative work, claims.

Some 124,000 have been sacked from public office so far, with 89,000 detained and 42,000 arrested, it added.

Professor Toker is one of more than 1,000 intellectuals who signed 바카라사이트 ¡°Academics for Peace¡± petition in January 2016, which called for a ceasefire between Kurdish militants and government forces.

Turkish citizens who signed 바카라사이트 document, which was also supported by 바카라사이트 US scholar Noam Chomsky, were subsequently accused of treason by 바카라사이트 Turkish president, leading to disciplinary action against more than 500 of 바카라사이트 signatories.

According to Turkey Purge, Professor Toker described on her social media account how she was prevented from returning to her office by her ex-colleagues.

¡°I worked at this building for 30 years and I have greeted almost everyone at this building over 바카라사이트 past years,¡± she said.

¡°Now I want to get into 바카라사이트re and pack my stuff and bid farewell ¨C doing this, I don¡¯t want to be alone, I wanna be with my friends but 바카라사이트y don¡¯t let me in,¡± she concluded, adding: ¡°I won¡¯t forget 바카라사이트 names of those who are responsible for this.¡±

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