{"id":823592,"date":"2024-01-30T12:14:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T09:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=823592"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:18:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:18:38","slug":"provincial-universities-the-ak-partys-backyard-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2024\/01\/30\/provincial-universities-the-ak-partys-backyard-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Provincial Universities: The AK Party\u2019s Backyard Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tu\u011fba Tekerek on the crisis in Turkish academia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William Armstrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey Book Talk #211 &#8211; Tu\u011fba Tekerek, journalist and author, on \u201cTa\u015fra \u00dcniversiteleri &#8211; AK Parti&#8217;nin Arka Kamp\u00fcs\u00fc\u201d (Provincial Universities: The AK Party\u2019s Backyard Campus), published by \u0130leti\u015fim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book examines the impact of the government&#8217;s push to open over 100 universities across Turkey over the last two decades. It paints a picture of falling academic standards but increased outlets for the ruling party&#8217;s religious nationalist ideology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tugba-tekerek-Tasra-Universiteleri-AK-Partinin-Arka-Kampusu-681x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-823594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tugba-tekerek-Tasra-Universiteleri-AK-Partinin-Arka-Kampusu-681x1024.webp 681w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tugba-tekerek-Tasra-Universiteleri-AK-Partinin-Arka-Kampusu-199x300.webp 199w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tugba-tekerek-Tasra-Universiteleri-AK-Partinin-Arka-Kampusu-768x1155.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tugba-tekerek-Tasra-Universiteleri-AK-Partinin-Arka-Kampusu-1021x1536.webp 1021w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tugba-tekerek-Tasra-Universiteleri-AK-Partinin-Arka-Kampusu-1361x2048.webp 1361w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tugba-tekerek-Tasra-Universiteleri-AK-Partinin-Arka-Kampusu.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe title=\"Turkey Book Talk\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"315\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:315px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=rw2m4-c6c7d-pbblog-playlist&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;rtl=0&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=3&#038;size=315\" loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tu\u011fba Tekerek on the crisis in Turkish academia William Armstrong January 30 Turkey Book Talk #211 &#8211; Tu\u011fba Tekerek, journalist and author, on \u201cTa\u015fra \u00dcniversiteleri &#8211; AK Parti&#8217;nin Arka Kamp\u00fcs\u00fc\u201d (Provincial Universities: The AK Party\u2019s Backyard Campus), published by \u0130leti\u015fim. 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