The Organizing Committee of the Graduate Workers of Columbia University – UAW Local 2110 severely condemns the Turkish government’s continued assault on dissenting voices amongst Turkish faculty and students, and stand in solidarity with the signatories of the January 2016 Peace Petition now facing a fresh round of criminal indictments. Read our full statement here:

The following is an open letter from the international academic community in support of our Turkish colleagues, prepared by Science for the People.

International solidarity is crucial at this time when our colleagues are facing criminal trials.

In an open letter to the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul, HRK President Professor Dr Horst Hippler has expressed strong criticism of the prosecution of a large group of Turkish academics, whose trials are scheduled to begin this week.

This blog is curated by Academics for Peace Germany e.V.  Its aim is, on the one hand, to create an archive of factual and up-to-date information on the ongoing developments that researchers, journalists and others with an interest in the topic can rely on. On the other hand, this blog will provide contextualization and analysis from a variety of different disciplines and theoretic approaches, in preparation of a planned research network on the instrumentalization of law for the suppression of academic freedom in Turkey and elsewhere.

Las violaciones de la libertad académica y la libertad de expresión en Turquía han llegado a una situación calamitosa. Las intimidaciones del gobierno turco y sus partidarios hacia los académicos han escalado a acciones legales, según las cuales los académicos signatarios de la paz enfrentan 7,5 años de prisión si son condenados por "propaganda para una organización terrorista".

36 of the 1,128 academics who are being tried for having signed the peace declaration of the Academics for Peace, stood trial before İstanbul Court. No academic has been acquitted. Their hearings have been adjourned.

33. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi’ndeki 11 davada İstanbul Üniversitesi’nden yedi, Galatasaray Üniversitesi’nden dört akademisyenin ilk duruşmaları görüldü.

Barış İçin Akademisyenler’in “Bu suça ortak olmayacağız” bildirisi imzacılarına yönelik davalar bugün üç ayrı mahkemede devam ediyor.

33. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi’nde 11 duruşma görüldü. Bu davalarda İstanbul Üniversitesi’nden yedi, Galatasaray Üniversitesi’nden dört akademisyen yargılanıyor.

32. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi’nde İstanbul ve Galatasaray Üniversitelerinden toplam 13 akademisyenin davalarının ilk duruşmaları görüldü. Davalar 22 Aralık ve 23 Şubat 2018’e ertelendi.

Barış İçin Akademisyenler’in “Bu suça ortak olmayacağız” bildirisi imzacılarına yönelik davalar bugün üç ayrı mahkemede devam etti.