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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

SoE Commission refuses to reinstate Academics for Peace despite Constitutional Court ruling

The State of Emergency Commission has turned down applications by 37 more academics.

12 November 2021

Constitutional Court says discharged Peace Academic’s rights violated

Discharged from university and faced with an international travel ban and constraint on her passport, Academic for Peace Akyüz could not go abroad for her academic studies. The top court has concluded that her right to respect for privacy was violated.

13 September 2021

Academic for Peace Meral Çamcı to be paid compensation for time she spent behind bars

The court has ruled that the academic shall be paid 75 lira for non-material damages for each they she spent in prison while rejecting her claim for material damages.

9 November 2020 Tansu Pişkin

‘Security Directorate profiles Academics for Peace’

The İstanbul Directorate of Security has requested the finalized detailed rulings on Academics for Peace from the İstanbul 13th Heavy Penal Court. Attorney Kılıç has raised concerns that with this request, the directorate attempts to profile the academics.

16 September 2020 Tansu Pişkin

REPORT BY HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF TURKEY

Academics for Peace still not reinstated despite Constitutional Court ruling

Although most academics have been acquitted of charges, they have not yet been reinstated to their posts.

27 August 2020

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Gençay Gürsoy acquitted

The two academics who signed the peace declaration have been acquitted of charges after a retrial following the Constitutional Court's "violation of rights" decision.

7 July 2020 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Academic for Peace Lütfiye Bozdağ acquitted

Put on trial for having signed the declaration “We will not be party to this crime,” academic Lütfiye Bozdağ has been acquitted in the retrial that started after the Constitutional Court concluded that the freedom of expression of Peace Academics was violated.

18 June 2020 Tansu Pişkin

Court of Appeal Overturns Prison Sentence of Academic for Peace Sungur-Çakmak

The Court of Appeal has overturned the prison sentence of Prof. Dr. Sungur Çakmak, an Academic for Peace.

3 January 2020 Evrim Kepenek

HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK

Three Years of Rights Violations Faced by Academics for Peace

68.8 percent of the academics facing rights violations for signing the peace declaration have trouble sleeping, 61.9 percent have concentration and attention deficit, 58.3 percent have affective withdrawal or collapse, 17.4 percent have shortness of breath.

13 December 2019

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

Academics for Peace: Local Courts Act 'Arbitrarily' Despite Constitutional Court Ruling

While 486 academics have been acquitted so far, some local courts do not abide by the top court ruling, the Academics for Peace has stated.

12 November 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Academics for Peace Acquitted by 17 Courts

Having their final hearings in İstanbul and Kocaeli, four more academics have been acquitted in the wake of a verdict of “right violation” by the Constitutional Court. Academics for Peace have been acquitted by 17 courts across Turkey so far.

17 September 2019 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Statement as to the Accusations of Academic Ayşe Berkman

Though the judges and prosecutors who found more than 200 academics guilty and penalized them and jurists in the Constitutional Court acted according to the same constitution and penal codes, why were their verdicts spread over such a large spectrum?

16 September 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Prosecutor Requests Prison Sentence for Academic Despite Constitutional Court Decision

While the prosecutor requested academic Akyüz be sentenced to prison, the court has acquitted her. A total of 106 academics have been acquitted so far.

12 September 2019 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

38 Academics Acquitted So Far

Academics Serdar Değirmencioğlu and Özlem Savaş have been acquitted by the 30th Heavy Penal Court in line with the Constitutional Court decision. The 25th Heavy Penal Court acquitted 12 academics without a public hearing.

11 September 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Psychology Organizations from Around the World Call for Acquittal of Academics for Peace

Five organizations called for the acquittal of the academics after Constitutional Court ruling.

10 September 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

23 Academics for Peace Acquitted in One Week

Several more academics have been acquitted after the Constitutional Court ruling.

10 September 2019 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Acquittal for Three Academics for Peace in Diyarbakır, Five Academics in İstanbul

Diyarbakır 11th Heavy Penal Court has ruled for the acquittal of three academics and İstanbul 28th Heavy Penal Court has ruled for the acquittal of five Academics for Peace signatory to the declaration “We will not be a party to this crime”.

9 September 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

First Verdict of Acquittal in Trial of Academics for Peace After Constitutional Court Ruling

Academic Özlem Şendeniz has been acquitted after the Constitutional court ruled in July that the sentences violate the academics' freedom of expression.

6 September 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Constitutional Court: We Could Disagree with Signatory Academics

In its justified ruling on academics signatory to the declaration “We will not be a party to this crime”, the Constitutional Court has concluded, “The statements that we do not agree could fall within the scope of freedom of expression.”

31 July 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Constitutional Court: Freedom of Expression of Academics for Peace Violated

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the penalization of Academics for Peace on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” has violated their freedom of expression.

26 July 2019 Hikmet Adal,Tansu Pişkin

FIRST HEARING OF ACADEMIC TUNA ALTINEL ON JULY 30

Joint Request of Academics from France and Turkey: Release Tuna Altınel

Having made significant contributions to mathematics and raised tens of students for 23 years in France, Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel will have his first hearing on July 30.

24 July 2019

Reference to Supreme Court of Appeals in Prof. Füsun Üstel’s Verdict of Release

Giving a ruling of stay of execution for Academic for Peace Prof. Üstel, the court has referred to a verdict by Supreme Court of Appeals, which previously ruled that “the ones convicted of terror propaganda cannot be deemed a terrorist organization member.”

23 July 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Prof. Füsun Üstel Released

Attorney Baybuğa has said, "Right now, I can say that the execution [of the sentence] has been suspended. We are very happy," on the release of Üstel, an academic for peace.

22 July 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Statement of Academic Baki Tezcan

The text we signed is quite clear. It says, "We demand [the government] to ... create a road map that would lead to a lasting peace..." I have not come across a dictionary that explains the meaning of peace with terror. Peace is antonym of both war and terror.

18 July 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Academic Sentenced to 1 Year, 3 Months in Prison

While academic Sibel Bekiroğlu has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison for “terror propaganda”, two courts have ruled that the Constitutional Court ruling on Academics shall be awaited to give a verdict on the academics.

12 July 2019

Constitutional Court Takes on Trial of Academics, What will Happen is Uncertain

Individual applications by Academics for Peace who were given prison terms have been sent to the General Assembly of The Constitutional Court. Meanwhile, the courts began to postpone ongoing trials to wait for the top court verdict.

5 July 2019

content tagged with trial of academics

6TH ANNIVERSARY

Academics for Peace: We reject your rejection

SoE Commission refuses to reinstate Academics for Peace despite Constitutional Court ruling

Constitutional Court says discharged Peace Academic’s rights violated

Academic for Peace Meral Çamcı to be paid compensation for time she spent behind bars

‘Security Directorate profiles Academics for Peace’

REPORT BY HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF TURKEY

Academics for Peace still not reinstated despite Constitutional Court ruling

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Gençay Gürsoy acquitted

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Academic for Peace Lütfiye Bozdağ acquitted

Court of Appeal Overturns Prison Sentence of Academic for Peace Sungur-Çakmak

HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK

Three Years of Rights Violations Faced by Academics for Peace

Joint Statement by Academics for Peace: We Demand Our Reinstatement

Academics for Peace: Local Courts Act 'Arbitrarily' Despite Constitutional Court Ruling

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Rights Defender and Academic for Peace Osman İşçi Acquitted

Prof. Dr. Füsun Üstel Acquitted

Academics for Peace: We Request Our Unconditional Reinstatement

First Arrested Academics for Peace Acquitted

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Academics for Peace Acquitted by 17 Courts

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Statement as to the Accusations of Academic Ayşe Berkman

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Prosecutor Requests Prison Sentence for Academic Despite Constitutional Court Decision

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

38 Academics Acquitted So Far

Psychology Organizations from Around the World Call for Acquittal of Academics for Peace

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

23 Academics for Peace Acquitted in One Week

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Acquittal for Three Academics for Peace in Diyarbakır, Five Academics in İstanbul

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

First Verdict of Acquittal in Trial of Academics for Peace After Constitutional Court Ruling

Constitutional Court: We Could Disagree with Signatory Academics

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Constitutional Court: Freedom of Expression of Academics for Peace Violated

FIRST HEARING OF ACADEMIC TUNA ALTINEL ON JULY 30

Joint Request of Academics from France and Turkey: Release Tuna Altınel

Reference to Supreme Court of Appeals in Prof. Füsun Üstel’s Verdict of Release

Prof. Füsun Üstel Released

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Statement of Academic Baki Tezcan

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Academic Sentenced to 1 Year, 3 Months in Prison

Constitutional Court Takes on Trial of Academics, What will Happen is Uncertain