MOVING TO FRONT FROM JAN. 14--MUCH MORE INFORMATION IN THE COMMENTS, INCLUDING A LINK TO AN OPEN LETTER FOR U.S. ACADEMICS TO SIGN (see comment #9, below)
Several philosophers have signed the petition, and are among those now targeted with threats and by their universities (including demands that faculty who signed the petition resign). Turkey's President has attacked them as well.
Unless some political leaders call a stop to this madness--"investigating" faculty, calling for them to "resign" because they signed a petition!--the damage to the international reputation of Turkish academia will be irreparable for a generation or more. Where are the voices of sanity in Turkey?
Comments are open for links and further information, including suggestions for how the international academic community should respond.
