Turkey academics speak of fear and loss amid mass sackings

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Image copyright AFP Image caption Academics and students at a university campus in Ankara laid down their gowns in protest on FridayTurkey`s university lecturers remain defiant, despite what they describe as heavy-handed police tactics during protests against the latest sacking of 330 academics. The literary scholarLast year Meral Camci was imprisoned after signing a petition of academics, objecting to violence in south-eastern Turkey. The music maestroIbrahim Yazici gave lectures in several universities in Turkey and has worked on the international stage as a conductor. Read more:In some cases, academics laid their gowns on the ground protesting against the police blockades preventing them from entering universities. Image copyright Alexander Englert Image caption Last year Meral Camc? was imprisoned after signing a petitionShe is now working as a guest researcher at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany.