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Turkey's Academic Future: A Degree of Uncertainty - Newsweek Middle East

Turkey’s Academic Future: A Degree of Uncertainty

UPDATED: Informal voluntary sessions are sometimes held at cafes to help students learn more about the future of their education amid the uncertainty created by the closure of their respective universities and schools.rtainty

BY Lorena Rios

On July 23, Mira, a 21-year-old international student at Gediz University, was on her way to the pristine beaches of Cesme on Turkey’s Aegean coast. Instead of enjoying her stroll with friends, Mira found her university campus and dormitory had been cordoned off for its alleged link to banned U.S.- based Muslim preacher and political figure, Fettulah Gulen.

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