Academic purges are a hallmark of authoritarian regimes.
References and examples are too numerous to list so I'll just post a couple from the recent political history of Turkey (this thread and post likely to be flagged in any case):
Özdemir, S. S. (2020). Civic death as a mechanism of retributive punishment: Academic purges in Turkey. Punishment & Society, 23(2), 145-163. https://doi.org/10.1177/1462474520941744 (Original work published 2021)
References and examples are too numerous to list so I'll just post a couple from the recent political history of Turkey (this thread and post likely to be flagged in any case):
Abbott, Alison. 2016. “Turkey Sacks Thousands of University Staff.” Nature, September 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.20550.
Özdemir, S. S. (2020). Civic death as a mechanism of retributive punishment: Academic purges in Turkey. Punishment & Society, 23(2), 145-163. https://doi.org/10.1177/1462474520941744 (Original work published 2021)
And countless others.