The process of precarization in the Turkish higher education system

The age of neo-liberalism can also be expressed as the age of precariatism. As a result of the progress of industry and technology and the development of international trade, the liberal economic policies implemented in the 1900s tried to remove the obstacles in front of the capital; the power of the state over the economy was tried to be limited. The Great Depression and the subsequent outbreak of World War II. During the World War II, liberal economic policies were replaced by Keynesian welfare policies, which were more nationalist and protectionist. As a result of the Oil Crisis that broke out in the 1970s, new liberal economic policies came to the fore again and neo-liberalism found application area again. The fact that neo-liberal policies play an active role in the politics and economies of the country has led to the introduction of concepts such as numerical flexibility, functional flexibility and flexibility in working wages, the commodification of everything including labor; and led to the society being dragged into an increasingly precarious life. This situation also led to the emergence of the concept of precariat. The precariatization process, which was first seen in the private sector, spread to the public and academia sector over time. In fact, while getting into academia around the world has become more and more difficult, leaving the academy has been made easier. From this point of view, in this study, it has been tried to find an answer to the question of how well an academician who is worried about the future due to job insecurity can do science. This study has been prepared with the thought that connecting staying in the academy to the point system obtained from scientific studies will have a negative effect on the development of science. In this study, which was prepared on the basis of literature review, first of all, information about the environment that formed the basis of the precariat was presented, then the history of higher education was given and the legal regulations regarding higher education in our country after the westernization period were discussed comparatively. In addition, information on administrative lawsuits and their results, which will provide concrete data on the ease of dismissal in the academy, is given.