Declaration by Academics

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Chris Stephenson: I Will Gladly Return to Turkey

Chris Stephenson: I Will Gladly Return to Turkey

Academic Chris Stephenson getting prepared to return to Turkey following the announcement that he is not barred from entering the country, has replied to our questions as to arrest of the academics and “spy” rumors over him.

21 March 2016 Beyza Kural

Letter from Arrested Academics

Letter from Arrested Academics

Of arrested academics Assist. Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Kaya and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kıvanç Ersoy have written a letter from Metris Prison.

Boğaziçi Academic Members: Mungan Should be at University, not in Prison

Boğaziçi Academic Members: Mungan Should be at University, not in Prison

Boğaziçi University academic members have expressed that their colleagues Esra Mungan, Kıvanç Ersoy, Muzaffer Kaya, Meral Camcı and Chris Stephenson have practiced their right to freedom of expression. They demanded release of the academics.

Arrested Academic Esra Mungan: We Stand by Our Word

Arrested Academic Esra Mungan: We Stand by Our Word

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Esra Mungan who got arrested with other two colleagues over signing the declaration of the Academics For Peace, has noted in her message to Boğaziçi University Peace Forum: “We stand by our word”.

3 Academics Arrested

3 Academics Arrested

Academics Esra Mungan, Kıvanç Ersoy, and Muzaffer Kaya sent to court for arrest have been arrested.

16 March 2016 Beyza Kural

3 Academics Referred to Court for Arrest

3 Academics Referred to Court for Arrest

Academics Esra Mungan, Kıvanç Ersoy, and Muzaffer Kaya detained for reading the declaration reiterating their demand for peace on behalf of Academics for Peace/İstanbul group have been referred to court for arrest.

15 March 2016 Beyza Kural

Warrant for 4 Academics Insisting on Peace Demand

Warrant for 4 Academics Insisting on Peace Demand

Warrant has been issued for four academics declaring on behalf of Academics for Peace/İstanbul group that they are insistent on their peace demand.

14 March 2016 Beyza Kural

Doğuş University Suspends Professor Signing Peace Declaration

Doğuş University Suspends Professor Signing Peace Declaration

Doğuş University has suspended peace declaration signatory Prof. Dr. Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu of his duty as Head of Department of Psychology.

16 February 2016 Beyza Kural

Chomsky: Turkey Should be Proud of Peace Declaration Signatories

Chomsky: Turkey Should be Proud of Peace Declaration Signatories

According to Chomsky, democratic gains acquired in the recent years in Turkey are being lost with Erdoğan’s showing tendency towards authoritarianism.

11 February 2016

Nişantaşı University Discharges 6 Signatory Academics

Nişantaşı University Discharges 6 Signatory Academics

Contracts of six academics signing declaration of Academics for Peace have been annulled in Nişantaşı University.

9 February 2016

“No Legal Base for Investigations into Academics”

“No Legal Base for Investigations into Academics”

Prof. Dr. Akdeniz has commented on investigations launched into academics signing declaration entitled “We will not be a party to this crime”.

5 February 2016 Beyza Kural

Solidarity with Academics Hindered in Yıldız Technical University

Solidarity with Academics Hindered in Yıldız Technical University

Eğitim-Sen members trying to enter Yıldız Technical University for solidarity with signatory academics during their plea who face investigations haven’t been allowed inside the campus.

4 February 2016

Support for Academics from 1,601 Colleagues Worldwide

Support for Academics from 1,601 Colleagues Worldwide

1,601 academics of whom 1,395 are from the US and 206 from other countries have declared their support for Academics for Peace Initiative.

4 February 2016

Support for 'Academics for Peace' from Times Higher Education

Support for 'Academics for Peace' from Times Higher Education

Support letter signed by as many as 500 academics from over 20 countries for Peace for Academics has been issued in The Times’ weekly supplement, the Times Higher Education.

1 February 2016

Search of Workplaces, Houses of 6 Signatory Academics

Search of Workplaces, Houses of 6 Signatory Academics

Search has been made in Bolu province of house and faculty rooms of six academics signing petition titled “We will not be a party to this crime”.

29 January 2016 Beyza Kural

Support for Academics from Academic Council of Ankara University

Support for Academics from Academic Council of Ankara University

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.

26 January 2016

Support for Academics from 30 Nobel Prize Winners

Support for Academics from 30 Nobel Prize Winners

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.

26 January 2016

Academics Summoned for Testimony in Sakarya Released

Academics Summoned for Testimony in Sakarya Released

Three academics from Sakarya University signing declaration released by Academics for Peace Initiative have been released following prosecution questioning after be detained.

21 January 2016 Ekin Karaca

President Erdoğan: Lumpen, Half-Portion Intellectual

President Erdoğan: Lumpen, Half-Portion Intellectual

Erdoğan has called for academics calling for peace: “They can struggle as much as they want. There is no old Turkey anymore where those self-proclaimed wise, calling themselves intellectual, academic used to rule”.

20 January 2016

Academics Overseas Support Signatory Academics

Academics Overseas Support Signatory Academics

212 academics of whom 72 are professors have declared their support for their colleagues signing peace declaration.

20 January 2016

Support for Academics from Paris

Support for Academics from Paris

In the conference where Etienne Balibar, Christian Laval and Vincent Duclert have taken place as speakers, importance of international support, in particular from France has been emphasized.

20 January 2016 Deniz İnceoğlu,Dilan Eren

Activists, Intellectuals Informing against Themselves to Support Academics

Activists, Intellectuals Informing against Themselves to Support Academics

A group of intellectuals and activists have expressed their support for Academics for Peace Initiative, and informing against themselves declared that they put their signature under the words of academics subjected to investigation.

19 January 2016

611 Academics Worried about 1,128 Academics Signing Declaration

611 Academics Worried about 1,128 Academics Signing Declaration

611 academics who haven’t signed the declaration titled “We will not be a party to this crime” signed by 1,128 academics have expressed support for the declaration.

18 January 2016

Support for Academics from 1,500 Health Workers

Support for Academics from 1,500 Health Workers

The text signed by over 1,500 health workers has demanded academics voicing request for peace to remain untouched, peace in the country to be established, and life and keeping people alive to be made of top priority.

18 January 2016

University Students Desire Peace

University Students Desire Peace

137 student groups and student representations from various universities have said, “We are standing against massacre policies and threats, standing with our lecturers desiring peace”.

18 January 2016

Freedom of Expression Message from Okan University

Freedom of Expression Message from Okan University

Okan University Presidency has expressed that opposing all sorts of terror acts and violence is a necessity for respect for human rights and that freedom of expression should be sensitively guarded.

18 January 2016

Support for Academics from Colleagues Dismissed During Coup

Support for Academics from Colleagues Dismissed During Coup

Academics including lecturers dismissed from their positions at the university based upon the post-September 12 Coup Martial Law No. 1402, have launched a solidarity campaign with their colleagues.

15 January 2016

Kocaeli University Students: Lecturer Yücel Demirer is not Alone

Kocaeli University Students: Lecturer Yücel Demirer is not Alone

Kocaeli University students have responded to threat letters left on the doors of the academics signing for peace declaration.

15 January 2016

Investigations, Universities’ Reactions against Academics

Investigations, Universities’ Reactions against Academics

An overall up-to-date list of universities’ reactions against the academics and warrant issued for academics’ arrest following the declaration.

15 January 2016

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