<div dir="ltr"><div>Thank you very much for sharing and spreading the word, it is highly appreciated by academics and non-academics alike from Turkey.<br><br></div>Best wishes from İstanbul,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Su Sonia Herring<br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Mueller, Milton L <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" target="_blank">milton@gatech.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">For academics who are members of NCSG:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">This petition expresses opposition to the purge of academics in Turkey following the attempted coup.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I am not asking NCSG as an entity to endorse it, just any individual members who want to. See below<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Re: Open Letter of Support for Academics under Attack in Turkey<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:31:58 -0400<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chad Kautzer <a href="mailto:academicsus@gmail.com" target="_blank"><academicsus@gmail.com></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Greetings,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">I’m writing you because you previously contacted me in regard to an open letter of support for academics in Turkey. As you probably
already know, on Tuesday began a deep and large-scale purge of all academic institutions in Turkey and yesterday the government instituted a travel ban on all academics and declared a three-month state of emergency. These are terrifying times, so I have a
few things to ask of you:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">(1)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">
</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Please sign this open letter (you can add your name by clicking on the link):
<a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/the-purge-of-academic-institutions-in-Turkey" target="_blank">
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/the-purge-of-academic-institutions-in-Turkey</a>;</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">(2)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">
</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Please share this letter with colleagues everywhere and with media or educational organizations, if you have contacts;</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">(3)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">
</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">If you would like to receive updates in the future about actions you can take to support academics and academic institutions in Turkey, please reply to this email with “Email List” in the subject line. The
list will only be used to inform you about actions (i.e. letters, press conferences, conferences, protests).</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">(4)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">
</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Also, if you’re an academic in the U.S., there is a letter to U.S. officials here:
</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_document_d_1GSlYEn-2DXzHm8nKF-5FyRdTF-5F-5FT3EFVk0EAgYzaYTymwUA_edit-3Fusp-3Dsharing&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=fPEIpRM3yGHg7JclXmIXw8wU-NB2kNkgxtLN1kwHXY0&m=gD_olZVPD8Lp7uf9muf1CTSTVzYLiN2TnZeuxFj0j68&s=thk2Zs9DDunYVsl0GyQjdf_S7A4A2v62SCpcNzBcvbs&e=" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GSlYEn-XzHm8nKF_yRdTF__T3EFVk0EAgYzaYTymwUA/edit?usp=sharing</a> </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">
Please share it with other U.S. academics if you can. The letter was initiated by Professors Seyla Benhabib and Joan Scott, and it might be sent as early as tomorrow (Friday, July 22).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Please feel free to email me with information about actions, colleagues in Turkey, etc. The better we’re networked, the more effective
we can be in helping our colleagues. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Also, I’m editing a new series for the American Philosophical Association blog: “Dispatches on Turkey.” A description of the series
is included in the link, if you know of any potential contributors: <a href="http://blog.apaonline.org/2016/05/31/dispatches-on-turkey-academics-and-authoritarianism/" target="_blank">
http://blog.apaonline.org/2016/05/31/dispatches-on-turkey-academics-and-authoritarianism/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Here are a few articles about the recent tragic developments:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">New York Times:
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/world/europe/turkey-erdogan-gulen.html" target="_blank">
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/world/europe/turkey-erdogan-gulen.html</a> </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Washington Post:
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/turkey-bans-all-academics-from-travelling-in-latest-post-coup-measures/2016/07/20/f3498b44-4de5-11e6-bf27-405106836f96_story.html" target="_blank">
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/turkey-bans-all-academics-from-travelling-in-latest-post-coup-measures/2016/07/20/f3498b44-4de5-11e6-bf27-405106836f96_story.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Al Jazeera:
<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/erdogan-declares-state-emergency-turkey-160720203646218.html" target="_blank">
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/erdogan-declares-state-emergency-turkey-160720203646218.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Thanks for your support. I know our colleagues in Turkey deeply appreciate it.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Chad</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Chad Kautzer</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Associate Professor of Philosophy</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">Lehigh University</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a"><a href="https://lehigh.academia.edu/ChadKautzer" target="_blank">https://lehigh.academia.edu/ChadKautzer</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 10:59 PM, Chad Kautzer <<a href="mailto:academicsus@gmail.com" target="_blank">academicsus@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#101010">I’m sending everyone a note asking if you can also share the letter with colleagues, professional organizations, on social media, etc.
Whatever works to get the word out.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#101010">Thanks again and be well,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#101010">Chad</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#101010"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a">“</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#141a22">U.S. Academics Pledge Solidarity and Denounce Erdoğan’s Attack on Turkish Counterparts,”
Chad Kautzer (1/18/16) </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#1a1a1a"><a href="http://revolution-news.com/u-s-academics-pledge-solidarity-and-denounce-erdogans-attack-on-turkish-counterparts/" target="_blank">http://revolution-news.com/u-s-academics-pledge-solidarity-and-denounce-erdogans-attack-on-turkish-counterparts/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Chad Kautzer, Ph.D.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Visiting Research Scholar</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">CUNY Graduate Center, 2015/16</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Director, Social Justice Minor</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Department of Philosophy</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">University of Colorado Denver</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Campus Box 179, P.O. Box 173364</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Denver, CO 80217-3364</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 6:14 PM, Michael Hoffmann <<a href="mailto:michael.hoffmann@pubpolicy.gatech.edu" target="_blank">michael.hoffmann@pubpolicy.gatech.edu</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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I would like to sign the Open Letter at<br>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UXZU47gA24YPLLbA-p4uysCKcO7uASisHX6xH3msk0U/edit" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UXZU47gA24YPLLbA-p4uysCKcO7uASisHX6xH3msk0U/edit#</a>.<br>
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Thanks for your initiative!<br>
Best,<br>
Michael<br>
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