Support from 120 Academic Psychologists for 3 Arrested Academics

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120 academics working as PhD or above in the field of psychology from different universities of Turkey have issued a press statement in support of the three arrested academics.

Academic psychologists have backed their colleagues Assist. Prof. Dr. Esra Mungan, Assist. Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Kaya, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kıvanç Ersoy who have been arrested for signing the declaration issued by Academics for Peace.

The statement noted that content of the declaration must be assessed within the limits of freedom of expression and thought regardless of agreeing or disagreeing with it. The academics emphasizing that charges of “propagandizing for terror” and arrest order are both “unacceptable”, demanded immediate release of their colleagues.

25 professors, 27 assoc. prof., 39 assist. prof., and 29 doctors signed the statement.

What had happened?

Warrant has been issued for four academics who held contact meeting on March 10 as to incidents taking place since they released the declaration entitled “We will not be a party to this crime”.

The academics Esra Mungan, Kıvanç Ersoy, Muzaffer Kaya and Meral Camcı stating in their declaration that actions are being taken for investigations without determining on which bases the charges are leaned upon, had said they were insistent on their peace demand.

The academics whose houses were visited by police officers yesterday (march 14) at around 9:30 a.m. couldn’t be seized as they were absent. The academics except Meral Camcı who is abroad went to İstanbul Security Directorate on Vatan street with their lawyers.

The academics are being charged with “promoting terror organization, acting upon instructions of the organization”.

List of signees

Adnan Erkuş (Prof. Dr.),  Ahmet Çoymak (Dr.),  Alev Çavdar (Assist. Dr.),  Alp Giray Kaya (Assist. Dr.),  Alper Açık (Dr.),  Arzu Araz (Assoc. Dr.),  Arzu Aydın (Assoc. Dr.),  Arzu Ceylan (Dr.),  Asiye Kumru (Assoc. Dr.),Aslı Akdaş Mitrani (Doç.Dr.), Aslı Aslan (Assoc. Dr.), Ayda Büyükşahin Sunal (Assoc. Dr.), Ayfer Dost (Assist. Dr.), Aylin İlden Koçkar (Assoc. Dr.), Aysel Kayaoğlu (Assist. Dr.), Aysın Çelik (Assist. Dr.), Ayşe Yalın (Prof. Dr.), Ayşegül Durak Batıgün (Prof. Dr.), Ayşin Turpoğlu Çelik (Assist. Dr.), Ayten Zara (Assoc. Dr.), Bahar Tanyaş (Assist. Dr.), Banu Cingöz Ulu (Assist. Dr.), Banu Yılmaz (Assoc. Dr.), Belma Bekçi (Assoc. Dr.), Benal İnceer (Prof. Dr.), Berna Aytaç (Dr.), Bilge Selçuk (Assoc. Dr.), Bilge Yalçındağ (Dr.), Canan Sümer (Prof. Dr.), Canani Kaygusuz (Assoc. Dr.),Ceren Hıdıroğlu (Assist. Dr.), Çağay Dürü (Dr.), Çiğdem Kudiaki (Assist. Dr.), Deniz Tahiroğlu (Assist. Dr.), Derya Hasta (Assoc. Dr.), Doğan Kökdemir (Prof. Dr.), Ebru Akün (Dr.), Eda Erdener (Yard. Doç. Dr), Ekin Eremsoy (Dr.), Elif Göcek (Assist. Dr.), Emrah Aktunç (Assist. Dr.),Emre Özgen (Prof. Dr.), Ersin Aslitürk (Dr.), Esin Yılmaz (Assist. Dr.),Ferhat Yarar (Assist. Dr.), Feza Balkaya (Dr.), Füsun Akdağ (Assist. Dr.), Gonca Soygüt (Prof. Dr.), Göklem Tekdemir Yurtdaş (Assist. Dr.), Gözde Özdikmenli Demir (Assist. Dr.), Gül Eryüksel (Dr.), Gülden Güvenç (Prof. Dr.), Güler Boyraz (Assist. Dr.), Gülten Sönmez Seber (Prof. Dr.), Hamit Fişek (Prof. Dr.), Hande Kaynak (Assist. Dr.), Hasan Bahçekapılı (Assist. Dr.), Hasan Gürkan Tekman (Prof. Dr.), Hejan Epözdemir (Dr.), Hivren Özkol (Assist. Dr.), Ilgın Gökler Danışman (Assist. Dr.), İlyas Göz (Assoc. Dr.), Kadir Özer (Prof. Dr.), Leman Pınar Tosun (Assoc. Dr.), Mediha Korkmaz (Assoc. Dr.), Mehmet Akif Güzel (Assist. Dr.), Mehmet Akif Sayılgan (Dr.), Mehmet Harma (Assist. Dr.),Melek Göregenli (Prof. Dr.), Melike Sayıl (Prof. Dr.), Meral Gezici Yalçın (Assist. Dr.), Mert Teközel (Assoc. Dr.), Metehan Irak (Assoc. Dr.), Mia Medina (Dr.), Murat Paker (Assist. Dr.), Müjgân İnözü (Assoc. Dr.), Nebi Ekrem Düzen (Dr.), Nebi Sümer (Prof. Dr.), Neslihan Rugancı (Dr.), Neşe Erol (Prof. Dr.), Nevin Kılıç (Assist. Dr.), Nilhan Sezgin (Prof. Dr.), Nilüfer Kafesçioğlu (Assoc. Dr.), Nuran Aydemir (Assoc. Dr.), Nuray Karancı (Prof. Dr.), Nuray Sakallı Uğurlu (Prof. Dr.), Nurhan Er (Prof. Dr.), Okan Cem Çırakoğlu (Assoc. Dr.), Olga Selin Hünler (Assist. Dr.), Oliver Wright (Dr.),Orçun Yorulmaz (Assoc. Dr.), Özden Melis Uluğ (Dr.), Özgen Yalçın (Dr.),Özlem Çevik (Assoc. Dr.), Pelin Karakuş (Yard. Doç..Dr.), Sait Uluç (Assoc. Dr.),Savaş Ceylan (Dr.), Selin Salman Engin (Dr.), Serap Akgün (Assoc. Dr.),Serap Özer (Assoc. Dr.),  Serkan Özgün (Dr.), Sevim Cesur (Assoc. Dr.), Sevinç Göral (Dr.), Sezen Zeytinoğlu (Prof. Dr.), Sibel Halfon (Assist. Dr.),Sinan Sayıt (Dr.), Sine Egeci (Assist. Dr.), Sonia Amado (Prof. Dr.),Şeyda Aksel (Prof. Dr.), Türkan Yılmaz Irmak (Assist. Dr.), Ümit Akırmak (Assist. Dr.), Volkan Gülüm (Dr.), Yasemin Acar (Dr.), Yasemin Sohtorik İlkmen (Assist. Dr.), Yeşim Türköz (Dr.), Yudit Namer (Assist. Dr.), Zeynep Başgöze (Dr.), Zeynep Çatay Çalışkan (Assist. Dr.),Zeynep Tüzün (Dr.), Zuhal Yeniçeri (Yard. Doç.Dr.).