This chapter examines the impact on Turkish higher education of the forced “academic mobilities” that have occurred throughout the 100-year history of the republic. The central question is how recurrent purges and interventions in higher education have influenced both the concept and practice of universities in Turkey. The chapter also examines how authoritarian interventions in universities have been presented by the authorities as higher education reforms, even though many of these reforms have failed to improve the quality of the educational system, facilities, and scholarly production. It discusses how these reforms were used to exclude liberal, progressive, or dissident scholars who did not adhere to the mainstream ideology of the regime. Throughout, the chapter also discusses the core values of higher education, including critical scholarship, institutional autonomy, and academic freedom.