The violation of academic freedom including the prosecution, dismissal, detention and public harassment of the Peace Academics has taken a turn to the worse following the July 15 coup attempt and the state of emergency that followed in Turkey. Around 822 of Academics for Peace have been put on trial, and more than 200 academics have been given prison terms, some charged with "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" under Article 7(2). Around 549 academicians have been removed and banned from public service with the or dismissed, forced to resign or forced into retiring.