content tagged with discharged academics

Mehmet Altan addresses an open letter to ECtHR President

Mehmet Altan addresses an open letter to ECtHR President

Ahead of his visit to Turkey, Altan has penned an open letter to ECtHR President Spano, who is expected to be given an honorary doctorate: “Those who will give you an honorary doctorate are the very people who dismissed me and many other academics.”

Hearing of 4 Academics: Request Of Trial Under Article 301 Pending

TRIALS OF ACADEMICS SIGNING PEACE DECLARATION

Hearing of 4 Academics: Request Of Trial Under Article 301 Pending

Academics Asst. Prof. Dr. Esra Mungan, Asst. Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Kaya, Assoc. Prof. Dr Kıvanç Ersoy and Asst. Prof. Dr. Meral Camcı standing trial for having signed the peace declaration, had the sixth hearing of their trial today.

26 December 2017 Beyza Kural

Hearing of 3 Academics: Next Hearing on May, 2018

TRIALS OF ACADEMICS SIGNING PEACE DECLARATION

Hearing of 3 Academics: Next Hearing on May, 2018

Three academics from İstanbul University charged for having signed the peace declaration, had the first hearing of their trials today. Their next hearing will be on May 8, 2018.

26 December 2017 Tansu Pişkin

2 New Statutory Decrees Issued, 2,756 People Discharged, 17 Institutions Closed

2 New Statutory Decrees Issued, 2,756 People Discharged, 17 Institutions Closed

Two new statutory decrees were issued on Sunday under the State of Emergency. 2,756 public personnel have been discharged, 17 institutions including 7 associations and 7 foundations have been closed.

25 December 2017

Hearings of 10 Academics Adjourned to April 12

1st DAY IN TRIAL OF ACADEMICS SIGNING PEACE DECLARATION

Hearings of 10 Academics Adjourned to April 12

The first hearings of the 10 academics who are among the 1,128 academics standing trial for having signed the peace declaration of the Academics for Peace was held today in İstanbul Court. Acquiattal requests and the request to combine the cases were rejected. Next hearings of the 10 academics will be on April 12, 2018

5 December 2017 Beyza Kural

Hearing Schedules of 148 Academics Standing Trial for Signing Peace Declaration

Hearing Schedules of 148 Academics Standing Trial for Signing Peace Declaration

The first hearings of 148 of the 1,128 academics who are standing trial for having signed the peace declaration of the Academics for Peace, began on December 5, 2017.

4 December 2017 Pınar Tarcan

ECtHR Rejects Application of Academics For Peace

ECtHR Rejects Application of Academics For Peace

Referring to the State of Emergency Commission, the European Court of Human Rights has rejected the application of the Academics for Peace who were discharged through statutory decrees and claimed violation of their freedom of expression.

23 October 2017 Tansu Pişkin

Gülmen Transferred From Intensive Care to Hospital’s Prisoner Facility

Gülmen Transferred From Intensive Care to Hospital’s Prisoner Facility

On the 217th day of her hunger strike, academic Nuriye Gülmen has been transferred to the hospital’s prisoner facility from the intensive care unit. Meeting Gülmen in prison, CHP MP Ağbaba pointed to the poor prison conditions and to the lack of a sitter/companion in her cell.

11 October 2017

Academics Signing Peace Declaration Sued for ‘Terrorist Propaganda’

Academics Signing Peace Declaration Sued for ‘Terrorist Propaganda’

Lawsuits are being filed against academics who have signed the peace declaration “We will not be a party to this crime” on charge of “terrorist propaganda”.

5 October 2017 Haluk Kalafat

Solidarity Academies To Start New Academic Year

Solidarity Academies To Start New Academic Year

Solidarity Academies founded in 2016 by academics who were discharged through statutory decrees but aimed at continuing to pass on their academic knowledge through alternative local academic organizations, will start the new academic year with inauguration lectures.

Hearing on 204th Day Of Hunger Strike: No Release for Gülmen, Özakça

Hearing on 204th Day Of Hunger Strike: No Release for Gülmen, Özakça

Second hearing was held today for Gülmen and Özakça, who are on the 204th day of their hunger strike, and for the discharged teacher Karadağ. Özakça was brought to hearing in a wheelchair while Gülmen was kept in intensive care. Court ruled that Gülmen and Özakça remain in detention on remand.

28 September 2017

‘Gülmen Taken to Intensive Care to Prevent Her From Attending Next Hearing’

‘Gülmen Taken to Intensive Care to Prevent Her From Attending Next Hearing’

Gülmen still on hunger strike in detention, was taken to intensive care unit in a conscious state yesterday evening. Her attorney Yılmaz said, they predicted an intention to stop Gülmen from attending the hearing.

26 September 2017 Beyza Kural

Discharged Academics Set up Library in Mersin: ‘Culturehouse’

Discharged Academics Set up Library in Mersin: ‘Culturehouse’

Academics discharged from Mersin University have established a library that will open on September 23.

22 September 2017 Bahar Arcan

Gülmen, Özakça Not Released in 1st Hearing Held Without Defendants

Gülmen, Özakça Not Released in 1st Hearing Held Without Defendants

In the first hearing held without the presence of the defendants, the court ruled that Gülmen and Özakça remain further in detention on remand. The defendants have been on a hunger strike for 190 days and are behind bars since May 23. The next hearing will be on September 28.

14 September 2017 Beyza Kural

Guardians Check on Gülmen, Özakça: “Are You Dead or Alive”

Guardians Check on Gülmen, Özakça: “Are You Dead or Alive”

Waking arrested academic Nuriye Gülmen who is now on the 126th day of her hunger strike from her sleep at night, guardians in prison say” We came to check on you whether you are dead or alive”.

12 July 2017 Ayça Söylemez

Police Raid Houses of Protesters on Yüksel Street Demanding Their Jobs Back

Police Raid Houses of Protesters on Yüksel Street Demanding Their Jobs Back

Police have raided the houses of Saçılık, Özakça, Karadağ, Onay and other demonstrators protesting on Yüksel Street in Ankara under the motto “I want my job back” after being discharged from their positions through statutory decrees.

12 Peace Declaration Signatory Academics Discharged from Dokuz Eylül University

12 Peace Declaration Signatory Academics Discharged from Dokuz Eylül University

12 academics, who faced investigation for signing peace declaration, have been discharged from Dokuz Eylül University.

Gülmen, Özakça on 100th day of Hunger Strike Cannot See Their Own Doctors

Gülmen, Özakça on 100th day of Hunger Strike Cannot See Their Own Doctors

Koyuncu from Ankara Chamber of Medicine has expressed concerns about lives of Gülmen and Özakça on the 100th day of their hunger strike and added that the dismissals of academics had negative impacts in the whole society.

Urgent Call From UN For Gülmen, Özakça on Hunger Strike

Urgent Call From UN For Gülmen, Özakça on Hunger Strike

UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has sent an urgent letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça who have been on hunger strike for 99 days.

30 Publishing Houses Closed Through Statutory Decrees

PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION’S FREEDOM TO PUBLISH REPORT (2016-2017)

30 Publishing Houses Closed Through Statutory Decrees

Turkish Publishers Association in its Freedom to Publish Report (2016-2017) has documented that 30 publishing houses have been closed, Kurdish books have been banned and Albert Camus and Spinoza were described as “members of an illegal organization” in a bill of indictment.

6 June 2017 Tansu Pişkin

Police Attack Supporters of Hunger Strike of Gülmen, Özakça in Detention

Police Attack Supporters of Hunger Strike of Gülmen, Özakça in Detention

On the 75th day of the hunger strike, Gülmen and Özakça are being kept in detention cell lying on the ground. Meanwhile police attacked supporters gathering in front of the Human Rights Monument, detained seven people and seized flowers.

22 May 2017 Ayça Söylemez

Gülmen, Özakça Could not Make it to Hunger Strike Area on its 70th Day

Gülmen, Özakça Could not Make it to Hunger Strike Area on its 70th Day

On the 70th day of their hunger strike, academic Gülmen and teacher Özakça could not make it to the Human Rights Monument on Yüksel Street of Ankara where they have been staging a protest during their hunger strike since they did not feel well today.

Police Remove Benches as Well on 70th Day of Hunger Strike

Police Remove Benches as Well on 70th Day of Hunger Strike

Police have intervened in the people supporting the hunger strike in front of the Human Rights Monument in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara on the 70th day of the hunger strike.

3 Discharged Academics of Dicle University in Custody Released After Testifying

3 Discharged Academics of Dicle University in Custody Released After Testifying

3 of 16 academics taken into custody after being discharged from the Dicle University through the Statutory Decree No. 689 have been released. The other 13 academics had been released after testifying on May 2.

13 Discharged Academics of Dicle University in Custody Released After Testifying

13 Discharged Academics of Dicle University in Custody Released After Testifying

13 of 16 academics taken into custody after being discharged from the Dicle University through the Statutory Decree No. 689 have been released after giving testimony.

16 Academics For Peace Members Discharged From Dicle University Taken into Custody

16 Academics For Peace Members Discharged From Dicle University Taken into Custody

16 academics discharged from the Dicle University through the Statutory Decree No. 689 have been taken into custody.

Investigation Launched into İstanbul Technical University Students Saying ‘Don’t Touch My Teacher’

Investigation Launched into İstanbul Technical University Students Saying ‘Don’t Touch My Teacher’

Disciplinary investigation has been launched into 24 students of the İstanbul Technical University who protested against the dismissal of academics.

Academic Subjected to Investigation Commits Suicide

Academic Subjected to Investigation Commits Suicide

Asst. Prof. Mustafa Sadık Akdağ from Ordu University Faculty of Dentistry has committed suicide. Akdağ had reportedly been taken into custody for 24 hours a while ago.

Discharged Academic Mehmet Fatih Traş Commits Suicide

Discharged Academic Mehmet Fatih Traş Commits Suicide

Education and Science Workers' Union has announced that the discharged academic Mehmet Fatih Traş has committed suicide.

27 February 2017

Discharges of Academics by Statutory Decrees

Discharges of Academics by Statutory Decrees

312 signees of the declaration "We will not be a party to this crime" by Academics for Peace have been discharged by statutory decrees.

15 February 2017 Özgür Akkaya

Spring Term Begins With “Big Lesson” At Ankara University

Spring Term Begins With “Big Lesson” At Ankara University

The spring term at Ankara University which had its 78 academics discharged by the last Statutory Decree has begun with the lecture “Big Lesson”.

13 February 2017

330 Academics From 48 Universities Discharged From Public Service

330 Academics From 48 Universities Discharged From Public Service

330 academics from 48 universities have been discharged from public service by the Statutory Decree No. 686. The number of Academics discharged by statutory decrees has reached 4,811.

8 February 2017