C’est en tant qu’Universitaires pour la Paix, arraché.e.s de force à nos étudiant.e.s par des pressions politiques, que nous condamnons les violences exercées mardi 2 février à l'encontre des étudiant.e.s de l'Université du Bosphore. Nous soutenons la résistance de l'Université du Bosphore contre l’imposition d’un président par le régime et nous réitérons notre solidarité avec cette lutte.

On September 25, 2020, the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued arrest warrants against 82 members of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), the second biggest opposition party in Turkish Parliament, including 24 former Central Executive Committee members.  They were taken into custody and were restricted from meeting their attorneys for 24 hours. On October1, 2020, the court ordered the pre-trial detention for seventeen of them, including the joint mayor of Kars, Ayhan Bilgen, the former MPs Ayla Akat Aka, Emine Ayna, Nazmi Gür, Prof. Dr.

Akademisyen Lütfiye Bozdağ ile Tahsin Yeşildere, akademideki yozlaşmayı ve eril tahakkümü değerlendirdi: Geçmişe oranla taciz, tecavüz ve kadına yönelik şiddet arttı, bunun siyasetle doğrudan ilgisi var.