Academics for Peace Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/academics-for-peace/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Wed, 21 Feb 2024 22:51:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Academics for Peace Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/academics-for-peace/ 32 32 59910430 Turkey Largely Ignores Constitutional Court Ruling Regarding Academics’ Right to Free Speech https://concernedscientists.org/2020/12/turkey-largely-ignores-constitutional-court-ruling-regarding-academics-right-to-free-speech/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 03:58:57 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8842 The post Turkey Largely Ignores Constitutional Court Ruling Regarding Academics’ Right to Free Speech appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 8842 Academic for Peace Petitioners’ Status https://concernedscientists.org/2020/04/academic-for-peace-petitioners-status/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:48:53 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7898 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 […]

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]]> 7898 Turkish Academic Sentenced to 15 Months for Signing Peace Petition https://concernedscientists.org/2018/06/turkish-academic-sentenced-to-15-months-for-signing-peace-petition/ Fri, 08 Jun 2018 21:33:25 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=7007 Professor Busra Ersanli, one of more than 2,000 signatories of the group, Academics for Peace, who signed a petition asking the government to discontinue the heavy-handed way they were dealing with the Kurdish citizens, was sentenced to 15 months in jail – finding her guilty of terrorist propaganda. Erdogan criticized the signatories and said they […]

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]]> 7007 Retired Turkish Professor, Dr. Ayse Erzan, Returns to Court on April 6 https://concernedscientists.org/2018/04/retired-turkish-professor-dr-ayse-erzan-returns-to-court-on-april-6/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 21:50:15 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6814 The Statement of the Defense to the Court by Dr. Ayse Erzan is published in its entirety in Bianet. She is being tried under charges of “terrorist propaganda” for signing the Peace Petition, requesting the government to end the violence and open the way to dialogue and a lasting peace. Originally, this statement was presented […]

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]]> 6814 Peace Petition Signatories Call for Solidarity as First Trials Begin https://concernedscientists.org/2017/12/peace-petition-signatories-call-for-solidarity-as-first-trials-begin/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 15:13:17 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6510 Before the failed coup attempt academics throughout Turkey signed a “Peace Petition” calling for better treatment of the Kurds. There was an immediate response from the government that began as investigations into the signers, followed by many being suspended or terminated from their positions at their institutions. Following the coup attempt the signers of the […]

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]]> 6510 Call for Solidarity: 44 Turkish Academics Who Signed the ‘Peace Petition’ Terminated from Their Jobs, Additionally, Over 2300 Turkish Academics Targeted Following Failed Coup https://concernedscientists.org/2016/09/call-for-solidarity-44-turkish-academics-who-signed-the-peace-petition-terminated-from-their-jobs/ Tue, 06 Sep 2016 21:35:52 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5508 The academics who signed the Peace Petition prior to the coup attempt in Turkey have now been linked by the State with those who perpetrated the Coup. The signers noted they they had nothing to do with the coup, did not agree with it, did not participate in it and that their action well preceded […]

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