Over the past year, Turkish authorities continued to prosecute Academics for Peace, a group of scholars, research assistants, and other academic personnel, on terrorism-related charges in retaliation for their endorsement of a January 2016 petition calling for peace in the embattled Kurdish regions of Turkey.
Standing trial on charge of “membership of a terrorist organization”, Academic for Peace Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel had his second hearing. The prosecutor has demanded that Altınel be penalized for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”.
Academic for Peace Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel from Lyon-1 University had his second hearing in the lawsuit filed against him on charge of "membership of a terrorist organization". The hearing was held at the Balıkesir 2nd Heavy Penal Court today (November 19).
On November 7 at 18.30, we invite all our friends to taz-Kantine in Berlin to watch “LIVING IN TRUTH: A Documentary on Academics for Peace” directed by Eylem Şen. The screening (Tr. w. En. subtl.) will be followed by a Q&A with Eylem’s participation & Özgür Çiçek’s moderation. pic.twitter.com/Z4IiVg1VOT
— BarışAkademisyenleri (@BarisAkademik) 4 novembre 2019
Human Rights Association (İHD) Secretary General Osman İşçi has been acquitted in the lawsuit filed against him for having signed declaration “We will not be a party to this crime” prepared by Academics for Peace.
Human Rights Association (İHD) Secretary General and Research Associate from Hacettepe University Osman İşçi has been acquitted in the lawsuit filed against him for having signed the declaration entitled "We will not be a party to this crime" prepared by Academics for Peace.
APA strongly upholds the principles of free and open discussion and free circulation of scientists and academics.
The American Psychological Association supports psychologists and other academics in Turkey who signed the Academics for Peace petition, and reiterates its commitment to academic freedom, the free and responsible practice of science, and freedom of speech.
Prof. Üstel, who served two-and-a-half months in prison for having signed the Peace Declaration, has been acquitted of the charge of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization."
Prof. Dr. Füsun Üstel, who served two-and-a-half months in prison for having signed the declaration by the Academics for Peace titled, "We will not be a party to this crime," has been acquitted.
After the Constitutional Court in Turkey confirmed in July what we always knew, that a petition calling for peace is not a crime, courts across Turkey are now acquitting Academics for Peace of terrorism charges. We stand behind our colleagues and their right to freedom of expression and free academia without persecution. Despite these acquittals hundreds of academics are still banned from working in public institutions and Universities, and the struggle for academic freedom and truth is far from over. Only recently it was announced that Dr.
We need to consider the lawsuit filed for announcing the results of a research conducted by the Ministry of Health to be an indicator for a more critical problem. The critical problem is the following: Why cannot citizens access studies conducted by institutions?
Arrested pending trial for a while for having signed the peace declaration, academics Esra Mungan, Meral Camcı, Muzaffer Kaya and Kıvanç Ersoy have been acquitted. “We have won what is ours”, Camcı has commented.
"Environmental pollution caused by toxic and carcinogenic chemicals poses a serious risk to health of human and natural life, particularly children, and the related public institutions are obliged to take precautions and security measures to eliminate this risk."
