ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – by Pascale TROUILLAUD With deans forced to resign and academics in custody or dismissed, Turkish universities are among the hardest-hit targets of the purge launched after the failed coup. Days after the attempted overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, authorities shut down 15 private universities and demanded that 1,577 deans resign — an earthquake for the higher education sector. Turkey has enforced a three-month state of emergency and is determined to […]