This article aims to examine the impact of neoliberal policies on universities, focusing particularly on the concepts of academic capitalism and academic autonomy, and to conduct a comprehensive discussion to understand how scientific knowledge production has been affected by this process. Since the Bologna Process, universities have adopted a market-oriented approach, aligning scientific work with capital and market interests. In recent years, it has become clear that market dominance has become a determining factor in scientific research. Academic capitalism shifts universities away from viewing scientific knowledge as a public good, turning them into institutions serving market demands, while threatening academic autonomy and encouraging research driven by market needs rather than societal benefit. The control of academia by market rules intensifies pressure on academics. From this point of view, this study reveals the problems caused by academic capitalism, especially the process of universities turning to a market-oriented approach and how this process leads to the commodification of scientific knowledge and the increasing disregard of the public interest, while also providing important findings on how this process threatens academic autonomy. In this context, this study hopes to contribute to the creation of a wider awareness among policy makers, university administrations and academics in the process of regaining the value universities deserve, removing them from market dominance and thus preserving their responsibility towards society, ensuring that scientific knowledge production is carried out only for social benefit and regaining academic autonomy. The study is a discussion article in terms of methodology.