Benos, AlexisBodini, ChiaraCowan, HannahMcCoy, DavidMilsom, PenelopeSanders, David2018-08-312018-08-312017Benos, A. et al. (2017). Defending academic and medical independence in Turkey. The Lancet, 390: 645.0140-6736http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32093-7http://hdl.handle.net/10566/3985We write on behalf of 207 health professionals, academics, and researchers, and 25 health and human rights organisations from many countries (appendix). We wish to bring to the attention of The Lancet’s readers alarming events taking place in Turkey, where the state has been waging a campaign of terror and punishment against thousands of health professionals and academics.enThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32093-7Article