Many of the Academics for Peace signees have gone to court with the following outcomes:
Constitutional Court Cases
The Court upheld the objection of the ten defendants and declared that the petition was legitimately within the domain of freedom of speech on July 26, 2019
Fusun Ustel
Ibrahim Garip
Yasemin Gulsum Acar
Ayda Rona Aylin
Altinay Cingoz Melda Tuncay
Izzeddin Onder
Canan Ozbey
Nazli Okten lgulsoy
Zubeyde Gaye Cankaya Eksen
Ece Oztan
Peace Academics Who Had Not Accepted Deferment of Their Sentencing
Eight were acquitted
Fusun Ustel was already serving time when the Constitutional Court issued their decision. She was acquitted and set free on October 18, 2019.
Verdicts were overturned by the appeals court on February 25, 2020 and then acquitted by the court that originally tried them
Busra Ersanli
Nesrin Sungur Cakmak
Ayse Erzan
Ozdemir Aktan
Tuna Altinel was acquitted in September 2019
S.I. Sureyya Topaloglu and Esra Arsan’s verdicts were overturned on March 15, 2020 and they have been acquitted.
Verdicts Overturned but Are Awaiting Retrial:
Sibel Irzik
Sebnem Korur
Gencay Fursoy
Lutfiye Bozdag
Not Yet Retried/Acquitted Who Got Jail Sentences:
Özgür Muftuoglu
Yonca Demir
M.A,
Alper Akyuz
Ahmet Bekmen
Nihan Aksakalli
Hulya Kirmanoglu
Ismet Akca
Haydar Durak
Ilkay Ozkuralpli
Oznur Yasar Diner
Remzi Orkun Guner
Esra Kaliber
Eda Asli Seran
Aysuda Kolemen
Ilkay Yilmaz
Zeynep Tul Sualp
L.N.
S.A.
Gevher Gokce
Care Olgun Caliskan
Nevin Zeynep Yelce
Ali Kerem Saysel
Koray Caliskan
Ayse Gul Altinay
Noemi Levy Aksu
The total number of defendants who have now been acquitted is 599, but the bulk of the defendants accepted the deferment of the pronouncing of the sentence.
