Statement by Teachers’ Union About Arrested Teachers

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The arrest of Nursel Tanrıverdi and Selvi Polat, who were discharged from their jobs by a statutory decree, has been protested by the members and executives of the İstanbul Branch no. 3 of the Education and Science Workers' Unions (Eğitim-Sen).

The union members made a statement today (September 5), demanding that the teachers be released from prison.

Tanrıverdi and Polat, who staged a sit-in protest at Bakırköy Square in İstanbul with the demand that they be reinstated to their jobs, were banned from approaching the square more than 200 meters by a court verdict.

Following the ruling of the court, the teachers were detained after they attempted to make a statement for the press in Bakırköy on August 13, 2018. The judgeship ruled that they shall be released on probation and imposed an international travel ban on them.

Tanrıverdi and Polat were arrested on August 21. (AS/SD)