Sadly, Turkey is not the only country taking steps that can hinder its academic progress. British exit from the EU might very well jeopardise the world-class science for which the UK was known. At the moment UK universities receive 10% of their research funding from the EU, amounting to more than £1B a year. These funds won't be easy to replace even if the future British government will agree to cover them. What is irreplaceable though, is the ease of collaboration between the UK and other european universities.