On 26 July 2019, Turkey’s highest court brought new hope to Turkish academics when it ruled that ten educators who had signed the petition “We will not be a Party to This Crime!” (Bu Suça Ortak Olmayacağız) had been tried unfairly and in violation of their rights.
At the press statement held today in Datça against the usurpation yet again of the will of the electorate in Van, Mardin and Diyarbakır, many were detained including our colleagues Zeliha Etöz and Faruk Alpkaya. We demand the immediate release of our colleagues and all detainees!
The Gendarmerie General Command requested an access block on bianet "by mistake" and applied to the court for the removal of the order, it has been revealed.
The Ankara 3rd Penal Judgeship of Peace is revealed to have made the decision to block access to bianet.org by mistake.
International organizations Reporters Without Borders (RSF), European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Amnesty International Turkey and International Press Institute (IPI) have denounced the access block imposed on bianet.
Access to all content of bianet which consists of more than 200 thousand news reports and articles shall be blocked according to the court order.
The Ankara 3rd Penal Judgeshp of Peace has ruled that access to 136 web addresses shall be blocked upon a request by the Gendarmerie General Command. Both the request and the order are dated July 16, 2019.
Assoc. Prof. Altınel, an academic for peace, served 81 days in prison for "terrorist propaganda" because of interpreting speeches in an event. "I learned valuable knowledge from my friends in prison," he says.
Today is Saturday. Istiklal Avenue is congested. Some came for shopping, some for hanging around. We are on Çukurleşme street, one of the busiest in the area, also where the Human Rights Association (İHD) is on.
Utku Çakırözer from the main opposition CHP has said that all the academics must return to their schools after the Constitutional Court ruling in a visit to the "street university" run by the discharged academics.
The Constitutional Court concluded the applications of 10 academics on July 26, ruling that the freedom of expression of the academics is violated.
The court has ruled for the release of Assoc. Prof. Altınel without judicial control measures. He is charged with "membership of a terrorist organization" because of interpreting speeches in a conference.
Speaking to bianet, legists have criticized the counter-declarations opened to signature by some universities after the Constitutional Court has ruled that the freedom of expression of Academics of Peace has been violated.
Announcing its ruling on 10 Academics for Peace sentenced to prison for having signed the declaration "We will not be a party to this crime", the Constitutional Court has ruled that their freedom of expression has been violated by their penalization for "terror propaganda."
