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February 1, 2016
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Hirsch expressed solidarity with colleagues in Turkey who were struggling for
the protection of free speech and noted that The international outcry against
these state and university actions against academics in Turkey, the multiple
petitions that have been signed by thousands of academics around the world,
and have spawned numerous solidarity actions such as this one, attest to the
gravity of these acts.