Nilgün Toker studied philosophy at Ege University (Izmir) and completed her PhD at Paris Saint-Denis University (Paris 8). She worked as a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy at Ege University until January 6, 2017, when she was dismissed from her academic post through an emergency decree for having endorsed the by now internationally well-known Peace Petition. She is currently a member of HRFT Academy and continues to serve at HRFT Ethics Board as well as the Board of Founders. Alongside numerous articles on political phlosophy, she is the author of Politika ve Sorumluluk (Politics and Responsibility, 2012) and the editor of Turkey’s leading social science journal Toplum ve Bilim.