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Academics for Peace: We reject your rejection

6TH ANNIVERSARY

Academics for Peace: We reject your rejection

On the 6th anniversary of their declaration “We will not be a party to this crime”, Academics for Peace have addressed the State of Emergency Commission, which rejects their requests for reinstatement: “We reject your rejection.”

11 January 2022

Discharged teacher files a complaint against State of Emergency Commission’s judges

Discharged teacher files a complaint against State of Emergency Commission’s judges

By applying to the Board of Judges and Prosecutors, discharged teacher Karataş has filed a complaint against the judges of the State of Emergency Commission, who alleged that “his personnel file had information on his links with an organization.”

10 January 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Court reinstates 7 workers dismissed for unionizing: Company to pay damages

Court reinstates 7 workers dismissed for unionizing: Company to pay damages

In three separate court cases, the İstanbul 33rd Labor Court has ruled that seven workers shall be reinstated in their jobs at the Yurtiçi Kargo courier company and the company shall pay damages.

29 November 2021

Tax office levies attachment on protestor’s bank account over her press statements

'I WANT MY JOB BACK'

Tax office levies attachment on protestor’s bank account over her press statements

Discharged from public service and fined over her press statements during her protests “to get her job back”, Bozkurt faces an attachment of 281 thousand lira on her bank account. She notes that courts have already cancelled these fines.

27 September 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Banned from profession, trans doctor to suit for reinstatement

Banned from profession, trans doctor to suit for reinstatement

Trans woman Dr. Larin Kayataş, who has been expelled from profession on the alleged ground of “disturbing public morality”, says that “her greatest wish is to return to her job”.

16 September 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Assoc. Prof. Meltem Kayıran dismissed again

Assoc. Prof. Meltem Kayıran dismissed again

Dismissed by Ankara University, which did not appoint the academic, and reinstated in her position by a court ruling, Assoc. Prof. Meltem Kayıran has been dismissed again by the rector’s office following its appeal to the upper court.

2 September 2021

Petition for dismissed academic: Can Candan should be reinstated

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY

Petition for dismissed academic: Can Candan should be reinstated

A petition has been launched for academic and documentary filmmaker Can Candan, who has been dismissed from Boğaziçi University: “We demand that this wrongdoing be amended immediately. We demand that Can Candan be reinstated.”

Worker wins the legal struggle 4 years after her dismissal

PRESSURE, MOBBING, HARASSMENT

Worker wins the legal struggle 4 years after her dismissal

Having protested in front of the Yazaki Factory in Bursa for 43 days after being dismissed from her job “due to her low performance” in June 2017, Dilek Gültekin has won her lawsuit for damages and reinstatement.

13 August 2021 Hikmet Adal

Teacher Acun Karadağ released

Teacher Acun Karadağ released

Arrested while protesting for her reinstatement, Acun Karadağ, a teacher discharged from public service, has been released. The court has ruled that the other protestors Alev Şahin, Mehmet Dersulu and Nazan Bozkurt shall remain behind bars.

28 January 2021

‘I want my job back’ protesters to be paid damages for ‘false detention’

‘I want my job back’ protesters to be paid damages for ‘false detention’

Dismissed from public service, two teachers were detained several times while protesting for their reinstatement. They have now won the suit for damages over their “unjustified detention” and have been acquitted in cases filed against them.

25 January 2021 Ayça Söylemez

‘Pandemic is remembered when it comes to bringing them to court’

‘Pandemic is remembered when it comes to bringing them to court’

Arrested for protesting “to get their jobs back”, six people were sent to prisons in different cities though the lawsuit was filed in Ankara. The court has now ruled that they shall stand trial via the Audio and Visual Information System due to the pandemic.

7 December 2020 Ayça Söylemez

They want their jobs back for 4 years

LETTER FROM PRISON

They want their jobs back for 4 years

Acun Karadağ, who had been protesting to “get her job back”, was arrested with five others in August. On the 4th anniversary of their protest, she has sent a letter to bianet from Kayseri Prison, where she stays with Alev Şahin, another arrested protester.

17 November 2020 Ayça Söylemez

They have been arrested 'because they protested intensively'

They have been arrested 'because they protested intensively'

Investigated on the same charges before and given judicial control in those investigations, six people protesting in Yüksel Street in Ankara to "get their jobs back" have been arrested. The reason for their arrest: Keeping on protesting intensively.

24 August 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Artists Discharged from İstanbul City Theaters Back on The Job After Almost 4 Years

Artists Discharged from İstanbul City Theaters Back on The Job After Almost 4 Years

Discharged from İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s City Theaters 3 years, 7 months ago, artists including Levent Üzümcü have returned to their jobs.

‘I Want My Job Back’ Protest Sentenced to 37 Days in Prison

‘I Want My Job Back’ Protest Sentenced to 37 Days in Prison

Protesting for her reinstatement in Düzce for over three years now, discharged architect Alev Şahin has been sentenced to 37 days in prison for violating the Governorship’s ban on her sit-in protests.

6 February 2020

State of Emergency Commission Rejects Application Based on ‘Prophecy’

State of Emergency Commission Rejects Application Based on ‘Prophecy’

Discharged by a Statutory Decree, Bozkurt applied to the State of Emergency Commission and requested her reinstatement. The Commission has rejected her request due to the investigations launched into her protests of “I want my job back.”

5 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Joint Statement by Academics for Peace: We Demand Our Reinstatement

Joint Statement by Academics for Peace: We Demand Our Reinstatement

Discharged from public service, forced to resign or retire for signing the declaration “We will not be a party to this crime”, Academics for Peace have held statements for the press in six cities and expressed their demand for returning to their duties.

3 December 2019

CHP Submits Bill of Law for Reinstatement of Academics for Peace

CHP Submits Bill of Law for Reinstatement of Academics for Peace

CHP Group Deputy Chair Özgür Özel has announced that after the Constitutional Court has given a ruling of right violation for Academics for Peace, they have submitted a bill of law for the reinstatement of 406 academics.

11 September 2019

Worker Dismissed from Municipality Due to Same-Sex Relationship Wins Court Case

Worker Dismissed from Municipality Due to Same-Sex Relationship Wins Court Case

A garbage collector who was dismissed from his job at Kağıthane Municipality in İstanbul without compensation “on the ground of homosexual relationship” has won the lawsuit of reinstatement.

30 January 2019