Tuna Altinel Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/tuna-altinel/ 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. Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:25:26 +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 Tuna Altinel Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/tuna-altinel/ 32 32 59910430 CCS Is Very Pleased to Report That Tuna Altinel Has Departed From Turkey and Has Arrived Safely at Home in France https://concernedscientists.org/2021/06/ccs-is-very-pleased-to-report-that-tuna-altinel-has-departed-from-turkey-and-has-arrived-safely-at-home-in-france/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 02:44:54 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9145 Tuna Altınel has returned to Lyon today (Saturday, EST) in the afternoon, after a 2 year harassment by Turkish authorities. This is not the end of his struggle, as Turkey still threatens to cancel his passport. Moreover, as he said before the press, “there are thousands of Tuna Altınels without a support committee.” His return […]

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]]> 9145 Passport Returned, French Professor Free to Return to France https://concernedscientists.org/2021/05/passport-returned-french-professor-free-to-return-to-france/ Mon, 31 May 2021 03:28:58 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9080 Professor Tuna Altınel free to return to France After more than two years of legal and administrative procedures in Turkey, Professor Tuna Altınel has been acquitted of all charges brought and has had his passport returned by the Turkish authorities, and is ex-pected to return to France in the near future. The CCS has followed […]

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]]> 9080 French Researcher Released From Turkish Prison, Still Awaiting Return of His Passport https://concernedscientists.org/2021/04/french-researcher-released-from-turkish-prison-still-awaiting-return-of-his-passport/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 23:04:03 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9028 The post French Researcher Released From Turkish Prison, Still Awaiting Return of His Passport appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 9028 Tuna Altinel, French Professor, Acquitted of All Charges and Released By Turkish Court But Passport Still Withheld https://concernedscientists.org/2020/11/tuna-altinel-french-professor-acquitted-of-all-charges-and-released-by-turkish-court-but-passport-still-withheld/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 21:01:21 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8763 The post Tuna Altinel, French Professor, Acquitted of All Charges and Released By Turkish Court But Passport Still Withheld appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 8763 Acting President of French University Claude Bernard Lyon-1 Writes Regional Court of Bursa in Defense of Tuna Altinel – A Professor/Researcher at the University https://concernedscientists.org/2020/06/acting-president-of-french-university-claude-bernard-lyon-1-writes-regional-court-of-bursa-in-defense-of-tuna-altinel-a-professor-researcher-at-the-university/ Wed, 24 Jun 2020 01:49:49 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8378 Tuna Altinel, a Researcher-Professor at French University Claude Bernard Lyon-1, was arrested for having attended a public meeting in Villeurbanne organized by the Association “Armities Kurdes” on February 21, 2019. The charges were dismissed by the Balikesir Court in February 21, 2020 but the prosecutor appealed this decision. Mr. Altinel is unable to leave Turkey […]

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]]> 8378 French Professor Acquitted And Released From Turkish Prison, Passport Still Not Restored https://concernedscientists.org/2020/05/french-professor-acquitted-and-released-from-iranian-prison-passport-still-not-restored/ Mon, 18 May 2020 01:15:57 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7931 Professor Tuna Altinel from the University Lyon-1 in France was acquitted on appeal of all charges.  However, his freedom of travel has not been restored by the passport authorities on grounds that it must first be reviewed by the court.  Thus, he is unable to continue his employment until the court renders a decision.  CCS […]

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]]> 7931 Tuna Altinel Acquitted of Charges at Final Hearing in Turkey https://concernedscientists.org/2020/01/tuna-altinel-acquitted-of-charges-at-final-hearing-in-turkey/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 22:56:42 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7835 Tuna Altinel, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Lyon-1 University of France, has been acquitted of “membership in a terrorist organization” at his final hearing. Altinel had been found not guilty in a previous hearing, but when he went to inquire about the status of his passport he was re-arrested due to charges imposed by the […]

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]]> 7835 Mathematician, Tuna Altinel, Denied Return of Passport, Despite Court Ruling Allowing Him to Leave Country https://concernedscientists.org/2019/11/mathematician-tuna-altinel-denied-return-of-passport-despite-court-ruling-allowing-him-to-leave-country/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:32:11 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7688 Tuna Altinel, a mathematics professor at Frances Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University was arrested in May 2019 and released in July while awaiting a second hearing in November.  When released he was not denied travel but his passport was  not returned.  As there is no legal restriction on his travel CCS is requesting that his […]

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]]> 7688 On July 30, Gregory Cherlin, Member of the CCS Advisory Board, Attended the Court Hearing in Turkey for the Case of a Turkish-French Mathematician, Tuna Altinel. Here is Prof. Cherlin’s Report on the Hearing. https://concernedscientists.org/2019/08/on-july-30-gregory-cherlin-member-of-the-ccs-advisory-board-attended-the-court-hearing-in-turkey-for-the-case-of-a-turkish-french-mathematician-tuna-altinel-here-is-prof-cherlins-report/ Fri, 09 Aug 2019 02:33:15 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7519 [pdf-embedder url=”https://concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AltinelTunabyCherlin.Final_.pdf” title=”AltinelTunabyCherlin.Final”]

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]]> 7519 Mathematician Tuna Altinel, Imprisoned in Turkey on Bogus Charges, Has Been Released From Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/mathematician-tuna-altinel-imprisoned-in-turkey-on-bogus-charges-has-been-released-from-prison/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:35:11 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7501 Tuna Altinel, Professor of Mathematics at Lyon 1 University in France, arrested in Turkey on May 11, 2019, on bogus charges of belonging to a terrorist organization, has been released from prison after his hearing today, which was attended by politicians, journalists, and academics: Release Verdict for Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel

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