Academic Citizenship: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart and Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas Universities’ Academic Perceptions

Year 2026, Issue: 102, 147 - 163, 07.01.2026

Zyinat Esenalieva , Hasan Arslan

Abstract

Higher education plays a pivotal role in shaping the social, cultural, and economic development of nations, making its quality a critical determinant of progress. As the quality of higher education has become one of the most important factors in development, there is a growing need to better understand how academic citizenship functions and how it can be most effectively applied. … The present study seeks to examine academic citizenship in Türkiye and Kyrgyzstan. The aim of this study is to examine academic citizenship in Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Türkiye and Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University in Kyrgyzstan by considering the elements of academic service, academic collaboration, academic diversity and inclusion and academic research. The data analysis was conducted using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 26.0, ensuring rigorous and systematic examination of the collected data. The quantitative universe of the research includes 150 academicians from ÇOMU and 150 academicians from KTMU, in the 2024-2025 academic year. This study argues to encourage academics to be active and versatile academic citizens in terms of both internal and external service of higher education.

Keywords

Academic Citizenship , Higher Education , Kyrgyzstan , Türkiye , Comparative Research

Ethical Statement

During the writing process of the study “Academic Citizenship: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart and Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas Universities’ Academic Perceptions” scientific rules, ethical and citation rules were followed. No falsification was made on the collected data and this study was not sent to any other academic publication medium for evaluation.

Thanks

The authors would like to express sincere gratitude to academic staff members from ÇOMU and KTMU for their kind participation and valuable contributions to this research. Their openness, thoughtful reflections, and support were essential to the completion of this study.

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