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Lyon university academic arrested over terrorism charges in Turkey

Lyon university academic arrested over terrorism charges in Turkey

by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Tuna Altınel, a mathematics professor at France’s Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University., was arrested on terrorism charges in Turkey’s Balikesir. Media reported May 11 that Altinel stopped by a police station in Balikesir, seeking to get information about a...
Academic Busra Ersanli sentenced to 15 months in prison for signing 2016 peace petition

Academic Busra Ersanli sentenced to 15 months in prison for signing 2016 peace petition

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 5, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish academic Büşra Ersanlı was sentenced to 1 years and 3 months in prison for signing signing a petition in 2016 criticizing the Turkish government for its violation of human rights and civilian casualties among the predominantly Kurdish population of eastern...
Academics, journalists who signed Peace Declaration do not deserve to live: ruling party deputy

Academics, journalists who signed Peace Declaration do not deserve to live: ruling party deputy

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 15, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Şahap Kavcıoğlu, a deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), said academics, journalists and politicians who signed a peace declaration in 2016 do not deserve to live, Gazete Duvar reported on Tuesday. Signatories of a peace declaration titled...
Dismissed academic not even allowed to pack belongings at university

Dismissed academic not even allowed to pack belongings at university

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 19, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Nilgün Toker, the head of philosophy department at İzmir’s Ege University until she was dismissed, has said she was not even allowed to pack her belonging at her former office at the university. Toker is among 631 academics who were dismissed in the latest post-coup...
41 academics who signed ‘peace declaration’ among dismissed in gov’t decree

41 academics who signed ‘peace declaration’ among dismissed in gov’t decree

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Turkey’s latest post-coup government decree implicated, among others, 41 academics who signed a long-debated declaration that criticized Turkish military action in the largely Kurdish southeast. Published in early this year, the declaration accuses the government of...

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