Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for Two Academics
Academics Emin Alper and Kerem Eksen from the İstanbul Technical University have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. İstanbul 36th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that the announcement of all verdicts shall be 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 (January 17).