Our beloved colleague, Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel has been arrested on charges of terrorist propaganda for his participation in a conference organized in France. He was detained yesterday in Balıkesir while filing an application regarding his passport ban. #FreeTunaAltınel
Francophone Professor Füsun Üstel has been imprisoned, as the first academic among 2,212 petitioners who signed the Peace Petition. So far, 610 petitioners are on litigation process before the court and Turkish courts gave a ruling for 186 academics. Thirty-three of those academics received prison sentences.
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Füsun Üstel Hakkında
Sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison for having signed the peace declaration, Academic for Peace Prof. Dr. Füsun Üstel has submitted herself to Eskişehir Women’s Closed Prison after her prison sentence has been upheld by the court of appeal.
Sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison for signing the declaration "We will not be a party to this crime" by Academics for Peace, Prof. Dr. Füsun Üstel submitted herself to Eskişehir Women's Closed Prison today (May 8).
While one academic has been given a deferred prison sentence of 15 months for “terror propaganda”, another academic has been sentenced to 2 years, 1 month in prison for “aiding a terrorist organization” without deferment of the verdict.
Trial of academics, who have been charged with "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" for having signed the declaration entitled "We will not be a party to this crime" prepared by the Academics for Peace, continued in İstanbul Çağlayan Courthouse yesterday (May 2).
While academic Ömer Çelebi has been given a deferred prison sentence of 15 months, Süreyya Topaloğlu has been sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison. The prison sentence of Topaloğlu has not been deferred.
Trial of academics, who have been charged with "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" for having signed the declaration entitled "We will not be a party to this crime" prepared by the Academics for Peace, continued in İstanbul Çağlayan Courthouse yesterday (April 30).
G.O.F., whose 15-month deferred prison sentence was reversed by the upper court as her statement regarding the suspension of the announcement of the verdict was not taken, has been sentenced to 1 year, 10 months, 15 days in prison.
Trial of academics, who have been charged with "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" for having signed the declaration entitled "We will not be a party to this crime" prepared by the Academics for Peace, continued in İstanbul Çağlayan Courthouse yesterday (April 16).
Two academics have been sentenced to 15 months; two academics have been sentenced to 18 months and one academic has been sentenced to 2 years, 3 months in prison for “terror propaganda.” The last prison prison sentence has not been deferred.
Trial of academics, who have been charged with "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" for having signed the declaration entitled "We will not be a party to this crime" prepared by the Academics for Peace, continued in İstanbul Çağlayan Courthouse today (April 10).
Having their hearings at three different courts, five Academics for Peace signatory to the peace declaration have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The pronouncement of all five verdicts has been suspended.
Trial of academics, who have been charged with "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" for having signed the declaration entitled "We will not be a party to this crime" prepared by the Academics for Peace, continued in İstanbul Çağlayan Courthouse yesterday (April 4).
Academic Can Irmak Özinanır has been sentenced to 1 year, 10 months and 15 days in prison; the announcement of the verdict has been suspended. The statement of defense of one academic has also been interrupted by the presiding judge.
Trial of academics, who have been charged with "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" for having signed the declaration entitled "We will not be a party to this crime" prepared by the Academics for Peace, continued in İstanbul Çağlayan Courthouse today (April 4).
