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).

24. ACM'de birleşen dosyalar kapsamında 14 akademisyenin yargılandığı davada mahkeme Adalet Bakanlığı'ndan TCK 301 maddesi uyarınca izin istenmesine karar vererek esası kapattı.

Barış İçin Akademisyenlerin “Bu suça ortak olmayacağız” bildirisini  imzaladıkları için "Terör örgütü propagandası" suçlamasıyla yargılanan akademisyenlerin duruşmaları Çağlayan’daki İstanbul Adliyesi’nde devam etti.