Declaration by Academics

Academic Chris Stephenson getting prepared to return to Turkey following the announcement that he is not barred from entering the country, has replied to our questions as to arrest of the academics and “spy” rumors over him.

Of arrested academics Assist. Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Kaya and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kıvanç Ersoy have written a letter from Metris Prison.

Boğaziçi University academic members have expressed that their colleagues Esra Mungan, Kıvanç Ersoy, Muzaffer Kaya, Meral Camcı and Chris Stephenson have practiced their right to freedom of expression. They demanded release of the academics.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Esra Mungan who got arrested with other two colleagues over signing the declaration of the Academics For Peace, has noted in her message to Boğaziçi University Peace Forum: “We stand by our word”.

Academics Esra Mungan, Kıvanç Ersoy, and Muzaffer Kaya sent to court for arrest have been arrested.

Academics Esra Mungan, Kıvanç Ersoy, and Muzaffer Kaya detained for reading the declaration reiterating their demand for peace on behalf of Academics for Peace/İstanbul group have been referred to court for arrest.

Warrant has been issued for four academics declaring on behalf of Academics for Peace/İstanbul group that they are insistent on their peace demand.

Doğuş University has suspended peace declaration signatory Prof. Dr. Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu of his duty as Head of Department of Psychology.

According to Chomsky, democratic gains acquired in the recent years in Turkey are being lost with Erdoğan’s showing tendency towards authoritarianism.

Contracts of six academics signing declaration of Academics for Peace have been annulled in Nişantaşı University.

Prof. Dr. Akdeniz has commented on investigations launched into academics signing declaration entitled “We will not be a party to this crime”.

Eğitim-Sen members trying to enter Yıldız Technical University for solidarity with signatory academics during their plea who face investigations haven’t been allowed inside the campus.

1,601 academics of whom 1,395 are from the US and 206 from other countries have declared their support for Academics for Peace Initiative.

Support letter signed by as many as 500 academics from over 20 countries for Peace for Academics has been issued in The Times’ weekly supplement, the Times Higher Education.

Search has been made in Bolu province of house and faculty rooms of six academics signing petition titled “We will not be a party to this crime”.

Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences Academic Council has stated that signing the declaration titled “We will not be a party to this crime” is within the scope of freedom of expression.

30 Nobel Prize winners have signatures on the declaration issued by International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies supporting academics in Turkey and warning the government.

Three academics from Sakarya University signing declaration released by Academics for Peace Initiative have been released following prosecution questioning after be detained.

Erdoğan has called for academics calling for peace: “They can struggle as much as they want. There is no old Turkey anymore where those self-proclaimed wise, calling themselves intellectual, academic used to rule”.

212 academics of whom 72 are professors have declared their support for their colleagues signing peace declaration.