With every new decree, tragedy of the dissident elite of Turkey widens, deepens, as it also exposes the underlying intention of those hold power: to maximize efforts for a ‘negative selection’ - as it happened once upon a time in Germany.ĭecree after decree, what we observe is the victory of intolerant mediocrity over hard-earned merit, and civil courage. Tuesday night, this senior scholar from Istanbul was ‘awarded’ by being fired, in a most arbitrary way. His civil courage has remained a contrast with his mild manners: he is one of the flag bearers of those who against all odds defend the value of the rule of law. I knew a few of the victims, but the first one I thought was a soft-spoken, elderly gentleman Prof İbrahim Kaboğlu, from Marmara University, a top Turkish expert on constitution and law. When I heard the news on late Tuesday night, I did not know who to pity more than the other.
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