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SNESUP-FSU is in İstanbul 'for Pınar, for the university'

SNESUP-FSU is in İstanbul 'for Pınar, for the university'

National Union of Higher Education of France will be present in the courthouse today in İstanbul to be in solidarity with Pınar Selek. Without academic freedom, there is no university, they say.

31 March 2023 Pınar Erol

Pınar Selek tried 5th time: 'How many times should a person be acquitted?'

Pınar Selek tried 5th time: 'How many times should a person be acquitted?'

Pınar Selek, an academician and sociologist, was acquitted four times but is now put on trial for the fifth time with same accusations. She will be following tomorrow's hearing at Human Rights Association in Paris but dozens from France and other countries will be at the courthouse in İstanbul to be in solidarity with her.

Court Removes Arrest Warrant on Pınar Selek

Court Removes Arrest Warrant on Pınar Selek

An Istanbul court ruled to follow Supreme Court of Appeals’ ruling on the overturning of sociologist Pınar Selek’s life sentence, removing her arrest warrant.

3 October 2014 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Intellectuals to Meet Minister of Justice for Selek

Intellectuals to Meet Minister of Justice for Selek

Several intellectuals forming the "We should not keep silent" initiative for the jailed sociologist Pinar Selek submitted an appointment request to Minister of Justice Sadullah Ergin.

5 December 2012

Selek's Case Reopens for Life Sentence

PINAR SELEK TRIAL

Selek's Case Reopens for Life Sentence

Turkish sociologist suspected in the Egyptian Bazaar bombing was ordered to stand trial for life sentence in December 14, after the court commuted the not-guilty verdict.

22 November 2012 Mustafa Sütlaş

Court Adjourns Selek Trial, Rejects Plea in Kurdish

PINAR SELEK ON TRIAL

Court Adjourns Selek Trial, Rejects Plea in Kurdish

An Istanbul court ruled to adjourn the case of sociologist and writer Pınar Selek, who has gone through a grueling 14 year long trial in connection with a blast in Istanbul’s Spice Bazaar in 1998, despite three verdicts of acquittal in her favor. The court also denied suspect Maşallah Yağan the right to plea in Kurdish.

1 August 2012 Samet Akten

Turkey in the Mirror of Selek Case

A PANEL AT STRASBOURG

Turkey in the Mirror of Selek Case

Atalay, Alp Selek, Çalışlar, Karakaşlı, Direk, Pradel, Lauchbihler and Flautre discussed the judiciary problems in Turkey using Pınar Selek case as example.

"Selek" Case and the Judiciary in Turkey

A PANEL AT STRASBOURG

"Selek" Case and the Judiciary in Turkey

Akın Atalay, Alp Selek, Oral Çalışlar, Karin Karakaşlı, Zeynep Direk, Martin Pradel from FIDH, EP Chairman of the Human Rights Subcommittee Barbara Lochbihler and the President of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Commission Hélène Flautre will discuss Pınar Selek case and the judiciary in Turkey.