Once expanding the geographical range of the study was decided in June 2019, duties were distributed among the project team according to countries, languages and regions. Also, academicians from other departments of our university provided extra assistance, especially when attempting to reach academics through websites written in Russian and Arabic.
In this context, the number of email addresses identified on humanrightsproject@asbu.edu.tr, which was used as a communication tool until the completion date of the project, is 2900. However, the number of emails sent is thought to be much higher than this number. In continents other than Europe and North America, the names or email addresses of academics are not always accessible, and hundreds of emails have been sent to academics identified via the "info" address of the faculty of law and even the university. In many sub-Saharan African countries other than South Africa, Arabic-speaking countries, the Turkic Republics, and the Far East and Pacific countries, this has emerged as an inevitable reality. Taking this into consideration, the total number of emails sent for interviews is approximately 3500.
After this intensive effort, we received the answers of 66 academics from 45 different countries. These countries are; USA, Germany, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Ecuador, Indonesia, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, South Africa, South Korea, India, Iran, Israel, Switzerland, Italy, Iraq, Kenya, Hungary, Macedonia, Malaysia, Egypt, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Chile, Singapore, Slovakia, Taiwan, Tunisia, Jordan, Uruguay, Zimbabwe, Kazakhstan.
Some academics sent their studies on the subject instead of answering the questions, and others sent answers with articles or books. Also, since the 12th question ("What do you think is the most current human rights problem in your country?) requested a one-minute video answer, some academicians aptly sent their replies as a video. The ones received with consent to publish are uploaded to this website.
Although 66 responses from 45 different countries are not to be underestimated, in actuality, only one answer has been received for approximately every 70 academicians. This situation could be attributed not to the span and length of the question and one-on-one interviews, but the inconvenience or ineffectiveness of requesting written responses from a distance.
In addition, it is thought that the low number of responses is due to the questions not being constructed using readily available data but following analysis and synthesis.