by TurkeyPurge | Sep 12, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
An İstanbul high criminal court on Thursday ruled to acquit British academic Chris Stephenson, who was tried for allegedly spreading terrorist propaganda due to his signature on a petition that called for a peaceful resolution to the country’s Kurdish conflict,...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK) has cancelled the work permit of a British academic, Chris Stephenson, who signed a peace declaration which in early 2016 called on the government to halt operations by security forces in southeastern Turkey. Stephenson, a...