It is widely recognised that academic freedom and university autonomy in Turkey are currently under pressure. Many scholars have produced articles discussing the Turkish predicament, linking it to the recent authoritarian and populist turn of the country. This paper offers a different interpretation, arguing how academic freedom and institutional autonomy have been approached and practised in Turkey from the past to the present, by focusing mainly on the evolution of the relations between higher education institutions and political power. Understanding how this relationship has been constructed and maintained may help us to grasp the context-specific university practices restricting academic freedom and university autonomy.

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学者共和国还是学者共和国？土耳其学术自由和大学自治困境的思考

众所周知，土耳其的学术自由和大学自治目前正面临压力。许多学者发表了讨论土耳其困境的文章，将其与该国最近的威权主义和民粹主义转变联系起来。本文提供了不同的解释，主要关注高等教育机构与政治权力之间关系的演变，论证了从过去到现在，学术自由和机构自治在土耳其是如何被处理和实践的。了解这种关系是如何构建和维持的，可能有助于我们掌握限制学术自由和大学自主权的特定环境的大学实践。