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While four academics have been sentenced to 15 months in prison, one academic has been given a prison sentence of 1 year, 10 months, for whom a judge member of the court board has expressed a dissenting opinion, stating "He should have been acquitted.”

Prof. Dr. Tahsin Yeşildere and two academics from Boğaziçi University have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The announcement of all three verdicts has been suspended.

Trial of academics, who have been charged with "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" for having signed the declaration entitled "We will not be a party to this crime" prepared by the Academics for Peace, continued in İstanbul Çağlayan Courthouse today (February 13).

Academic Akyüz has been sentenced to 2 years, 6 months in prison for “knowingly and willingly aiding a terrorist organization as a non-member.” The court has not reduced the sentence “on the grounds of his attitude and behavior during the hearing.”

Trial of academics, who have been charged with "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" for having signed the declaration entitled "We will not be a party to this crime" prepared by the Academics for Peace, continued in İstanbul Çağlayan Courthouse yesterday (February 7).

Academics İnci Özkan Kerestecioğlu, Biriz Berksoy and Canay Şahin have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The court board of the İstanbul 36th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that the announcement of all three verdicts shall be deferred.

Trial of academics, who have been charged with "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" for having signed the declaration entitled "We will not be a party to this crime" prepared by the Academics for Peace, continued in İstanbul Çağlayan Courthouse yesterday (February 5).