Die Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung (DMV) ist bestürzt über die Verhaftung ihres geschätzten Kollegen Tuna Altinel am 11. Mai 2019 anlässlich eines Besuches in der Türkei und fordert seine sofortige Freilassung. Altinel arbeitet seit vielen Jahren als Mathematiker an der Universität Lyon 1 in Frankreich. Professor Altinel engagiert sich in der „Academics for Peace“-Bewegung, die Menschenrechtsverletzungen in der Türkei anprangert.

Geçtiğimiz haftalarda Türkiye’ye pasaport ile ilgili problemini çözmek için gelen ve ardından gözaltına alınarak tutuklanan Barış Akademisyeni ve Matematik profesörü Tuna Altınel için görevli bulunduğu Lyon Üniversitesi’ndeki meslektaşları, öğrencileri ve dostları, serbest bırakılması için kampanya başlattı.

The American Mathematical Society’s Committee on Human Rights of Mathematicians has recently voiced objections to the political prosecution of the Turkish mathematicians Betul Tanbay and Ayse Berkman, who are among the thousands of signatories of the petition protesting military action taken by the Turkish military against Kurdish provinces. Signatories of this petition, including mathematicians and other scholars, have been threatened with the loss of the right to travel and their positions. Recent news indicates that the situation in Turkey is worsening.

The students and colleagues of Academic for Peace Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel, who has been behind bars since May 11, have established a committee of solidarity for the academic at the Lyon-1 University in France.

A protest demonstration has been staged for arrested Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel in Lyon, France. The colleagues and students of Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel from the Department of Mathematics at Lyon-1 University have sent messages of support and solidarity to the academic.

11 Mayıs'ta tutuklanan barış akademisyeni Tuna Altınel için görev yaptığı Lyon 1 Üniversitesi'nden öğrencileri ve meslektaşları destek komitesi oluşturdu. Komite Altınel'in serbest bırakılması için çalışmalara başladı.

Tutuklu barış akademisyeni Tuna Altınel’in Fransa’nın Lyon kentinde eylem düzenlendi.

Lyon 1 Üniversitesi Matematik Bölümünden Doç. Dr. Tuna Altınel’in meslektaşları ve öğrencileri kendisine destek mesajları verdi.

The Centre for Gender Research stands in solidarity with Professor Ayşe Gül Altinay

On May 23 Ayşe Gül Altınay, Sabanci University in Istanbul, was sentenced to 25 months in prison for ”willingly and knowingly supporting a terrorist organisation as a non-member.” This is because she signed the statement “We will not be a party to this crime” in support of colleagues, democracy and academic freedom.

Central European University expresses solidarity with the highly regarded academic Ayse Gül Altinay, sentenced by the Turkish authorities to 25 months in prison for signing a peace petition. Such actions are always unacceptable, but especially so in a country that claims to respect freedom of speech and academic freedom.

Statement by Dr. Ayse Gül Altinay, May 21, 2019 (read out in court)

Ayse Gul Altinay, Sabanci University in Istanbul was yesterday sentenced to 25 months in prison for ‘willingly and knowingly supporting a terrorist organisation as a non-member’. This is because she signed the statement “We will not be a party to this crime” in support of colleagues, democracy and academic freedom. Ayse is a cultural anthropologist, Director of the Gender and Women’s Studies Centre and editorial board member of the European Journal of Women’s Studies.

Ayşe Gül Altınay, Turkish gender studies scholar and one of the EJWS associate editors, has been sentenced to 25 months prison for signing a petition calling for peaceful resolution of conflict between Turkish state and Kurdish minority. She is one of over thousand academics currently facing the same assault by Turkish authorities.

In solidarity with Ayşe and others in the same situation,  we publish here information about the processes, as well as Ayşe's statements during the hearings in December 2018 and May 2019.