if he had not been ostracized, he would not have committed suicide. >> hasan durkal, a schoolteacher,igned the 'academics for peace' petition, too - and was also dismissed. he feels lost without his friend. early last year, turkish president recep tayyip erdogan launched an attack on the critical academics who had signed the petition. erdogan referred to them as "so-called intellectuals" who were undermining turkey and who should no longer be paid by the state. >> feminist sociologist yasemin ozgun lost her job after signing the petition. a difficult period began. but she and other academics have found an innovative way of continuing to teach. she's about to give a lecture in a park in ankara, instead of in a classroom. >> i used to be at the university till 6 pm every night. but i haven't lectured since last june and now i'm all wound up as if it were the first time. many academics still work at institutions like the university of ankara. but thousands of scholars have lost their jobs in purges that have mostly affected alleged followers of us-based cleric fethullah gulen and left-wi