In case you missed- #TutukluÖğrencilereÖzgürlük 4 more students are arrested for alleged links to Kurdish illegal groups…

tutuklu-ogrenciler-sb

These 4 students- two men in the middle are our own Bilgi University- are the latest victims of Turkish judiciary… 

Turkey’s jailed university students – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of …

www.al-monitor.com/pulse/…/02/turkey-university-studentsjailed.html

Feb 22, 2015 – Hundreds of Turkish university students have landed behind bars on …more than 3,000 university students are currently in prison, accused of….

More than 350 international academics have signed a statement to express solidarity with colleagues in Turkey who are facing legal and administrative probes for signing a petition calling for an end to security operations in the southeast
Başkent University Presidency has suspended Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şebnem Oruç who signed the declaration issued by “Academics for Peace”.
Turkish prosecutors in İzmir and Ankara have been investigating academics who signed a petition denouncing military operations in the southeast on charges based on the most controversial articles of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK)
In his statement with regards to the declaration of the academics; İstanbul Bilgi University Rector Prof. Dr. Mehmet Durman has pointed out the importance of the protection of freedom of expression and demanded developing an environment of peace.
The Executive Committee of the H.R. Network issued a statement endorsed by 28 Nobel laureates in support of Turkish academics who have come under fire for signing a petition calling for an end to military operations in southeast Turkey
Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences Academic Council has stated that signing the declaration titled “We will not be a party to this crime” is within the scope of freedom of expression.
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency has released photos from ongoing military operations in the Sur district of the southeastern Diyarbakır province displaying the scale of the destruction
English Times Higher Education magazine has listed two Turkish universities among its top 10 on a list of the world’s best small universities
30 Nobel Prize winners have signatures on the declaration issued by International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies supporting academics in Turkey and warning the government.
Tanks roll through the ruined streets of the Cizre district of the southeastern province of Şırnak as military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) continue

Discover more from Erkan's Field Diary

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.