Academic freedom in Turkey has declined since 2012 to among lowest in the world
SCF | 21 December 2023 | Stockholm Center for Freedom
Turkey’s academic freedom has sharply declined in the last decade, putting Turkey in 166th place out of 179 countries as of December 2022, Turkish Minute reported, citing a recent update to an index prepared by German and Swedish scholars.
According to the Academic Freedom Index (AFI), which assesses de facto levels of academic freedom around the world, Turkey is in the bottom 10 percent with a score of 0.08 out of 1, putting it just ahead of countries with strict restrictions such as North Korea, Myanmar and Iran. The country ranks behind Tajikistan, Russia and Bangladesh.