İbrahim Kaboğlu

"They are sacking the same academics who would have been sacked by the post-coup regime if it had succeeded."

A total of 330 academics were expelled with a new state of emergency decree published in the Official Gazette late on Feb. 7, drawing criticism from the opposition and the scholars themselves about the effect the moves will have on education.

The academics were among 4,464 public workers who were expelled as part of the decree.