Call by Academics for Peace for Trial in Mersin
Summary judgement for four academics, who were discharged through statutory decree from Mersin University, will be held tomorrow.
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Mersin Academics for Peace have made a call for solidarity for the trial of Asst. Prof. Dr. Hakan Mertcan, Research Member Esin Gülsen, Asst. Prof. Dr. Selim Çakmaklı and Asst. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Şener, who were discharged through statutory decree from Mersin University.
Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office had sued Mertcan, Gülsen, Çakmaklı and Şener, who signed the declaration entitled “We Will not be a Party to This Crime”, and demanded from 2.5 to 17.5 years in prison.
The four academics are charged with “propagandizing for a terror organization” and “inciting people to hostility and animosity”.
The trial will be held tomorrow (June 8). (TP/BK/TK)