ABSTRACT

Academic freedom has a special significance for universities within the context of higher education. However, it is fair to say that the concept of academic freedom within the Turkish literature is not well developed either conceptually or methodologically. The purpose of this study is to map the existing research and scholarship on academic freedom in Turkey so as to shed light on what is implied and discussed, and what gaps there are. Sixty-one studies were reviewed by following systematic review steps. Content analysis was used as the research design in the current study. The research reveals that academic freedom was discussed as a global, local, and institutional idea, but that in the main these were conceptual debates rather than debates that were empirically grounded. The paper argues that more empirical studies are needed of academic freedom particularly in the Turkish context.

摘要

学术自由对于高等教育背景下的大学具有特殊意义。然而，可以公平地说，土耳其文学中的学术自由概念在概念上或方法上都没有得到很好的发展。本研究的目的是绘制土耳其关于学术自由的现有研究和奖学金，以阐明隐含和讨论的内容以及存在的差距。61 项研究按照系统评价步骤进行了评价。本研究采用内容分析作为研究设计。研究表明，学术自由被讨论为一种全球性、地方性和制度性的思想，但主要是概念性辩论，而不是基于经验的辩论。