The Turkish government’s post-coup demand for the resignations of 1,500 university deans appears to be a blanket measure that will allow for case-by-case examinations of political loyalty, Turkish experts on the country said on Wednesday. The government has dismissed four presidents, or rectors — the heads of Dicle, Gazi, Yalova, and Yildiz Technical universities, Turkish press reports said. But the 1,500 deans do not yet appear to have been formally removed, giving the government time to consider its next steps, said Dani Rodrik, a native of Turkey who is now a professor of international political economy at Harvard University.

July 21, 2016 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education