Mehmet Rakipoglu and İbrahim Ozcosar

Mehmet Rakipoglu and İbrahim Ozcosar are, respectively, Post-Doctoral Researcher at Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at Exeter University and Assistant Professor Mardin Artuklu University (Rakipoglu) and a historian and the Rector of Mardin Artuklu University (Ozcosar).

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Under Siege: Right Wing Repression and Principled Resistance

By Mehmet Rakipoğlu and İbrahim Özcoşar | – Exeter, UK and Mardin, Türkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the aftermath of 7 October 2023 – when Hamas’s surprise “Al-Aqsa Flood” attack and Israel’s devastating genocidal war on Gaza shook global politics – Western academia has entered its own crisis. From the United States […]