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5 Police, 1 Soldier Killed

5 Police, 1 Soldier Killed

Three police officers have been killed by bomb detonated by PKK members, two others killed in the attack launched in city center of Şırnak, and another one killed in PKK attack in Diyarbakır.

19 January 2016

ÜNİVDER: We Will not Stay Quiet on the Academic Massacre

ÜNİVDER: We Will not Stay Quiet on the Academic Massacre

University Academic Members Association Board of Directors has announced that it defends the academic liberties and the freedom of expression of the academics.

19 January 2016

Activists, Intellectuals Informing against Themselves to Support Academics

Activists, Intellectuals Informing against Themselves to Support Academics

A group of intellectuals and activists have expressed their support for Academics for Peace Initiative, and informing against themselves declared that they put their signature under the words of academics subjected to investigation.

19 January 2016

Campaign from Women, LGBTI: ‘I Want Peace Because …’

Campaign from Women, LGBTI: ‘I Want Peace Because …’

Women and LGBTI members coming together upon call of Women for Peace Initiative have launched a campaign with the slogan “We Favor Life, not Death! We Defend Our Right to Peace and Truth”.

18 January 2016

ECtHR Asks Government to Take Precautions in Southeast

ECtHR Asks Government to Take Precautions in Southeast

ECtHR has asked the government to take all sorts of precautions on the purpose of protecting 16-year-old H.P.’s right to life and physical integrity.

18 January 2016

611 Academics Worried about 1,128 Academics Signing Declaration

611 Academics Worried about 1,128 Academics Signing Declaration

611 academics who haven’t signed the declaration titled “We will not be a party to this crime” signed by 1,128 academics have expressed support for the declaration.

18 January 2016

Support for Academics from 1,500 Health Workers

Support for Academics from 1,500 Health Workers

The text signed by over 1,500 health workers has demanded academics voicing request for peace to remain untouched, peace in the country to be established, and life and keeping people alive to be made of top priority.

18 January 2016

Probe into Kılıçdaroğlu for ‘Insulting Erdoğan’

Probe into Kılıçdaroğlu for ‘Insulting Erdoğan’

Ankara Chief Prosecution has launched probe into CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu for using the expression of “tinpot dictator” for Erdoğan.

18 January 2016

Explosion in Schoolyard in Kilis

Explosion in Schoolyard in Kilis

One person killed, three others wounded in the explosion occurred in a schoolyard in Kilis.

18 January 2016

University Students Desire Peace

University Students Desire Peace

137 student groups and student representations from various universities have said, “We are standing against massacre policies and threats, standing with our lecturers desiring peace”.

18 January 2016

3 Police Killed in İdil

3 Police Killed in İdil

Three police killed, four others wounded by the bomb detonated planted in the road in Şırnak’s İdil district.

18 January 2016

Freedom of Expression Message from Okan University

Freedom of Expression Message from Okan University

Okan University Presidency has expressed that opposing all sorts of terror acts and violence is a necessity for respect for human rights and that freedom of expression should be sensitively guarded.

18 January 2016

Child Killed in Cizre

Child Killed in Cizre

An artillery shell fired in Cizre neighborhood of Şırnak has dropped in an area where there were civilians in Kale neighborhood which left 11-year-old Hayrettin Şınık dead, two other children wounded.

18 January 2016

Number of Journalists Supporting Academics Exceed 500

Number of Journalists Supporting Academics Exceed 500

Over 500 journalists including Can Dündar and Erdem Gül have supported the academics being targeted and prosecuted for releasing a declaration calling for peace and resume of negotiations.

15 January 2016

HDP, CHP Call to Release Academics

HDP, CHP Call to Release Academics

HDP has supported the declaration of the Academics for Peace, noted that the practices against the academics were unlawful and stated that the suspensions and custodies should be put an end to.

15 January 2016

Support for Academics from Colleagues Dismissed During Coup

Support for Academics from Colleagues Dismissed During Coup

Academics including lecturers dismissed from their positions at the university based upon the post-September 12 Coup Martial Law No. 1402, have launched a solidarity campaign with their colleagues.

15 January 2016

Russian Crisis Leads to Dismissal of Leather Workers

Russian Crisis Leads to Dismissal of Leather Workers

The crisis occurred following Turkey’s shooting down Russian warplane has caused nine workers working at Aka Deri factory to be dismissed.

15 January 2016

Kocaeli University Students: Lecturer Yücel Demirer is not Alone

Kocaeli University Students: Lecturer Yücel Demirer is not Alone

Kocaeli University students have responded to threat letters left on the doors of the academics signing for peace declaration.

15 January 2016

Investigations, Universities’ Reactions against Academics

Investigations, Universities’ Reactions against Academics

An overall up-to-date list of universities’ reactions against the academics and warrant issued for academics’ arrest following the declaration.

15 January 2016

Support for Academics from Legists

Support for Academics from Legists

As many as 2,000 legists have declared that they are in solidarity with academics signing the petition calling on state of Turkey to end violence and prepare negotiation conditions.

15 January 2016

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Support for Academics from Theater Workers

Support for Academics from Theater Workers

Theater Workers for Peace has said, “We include our voice with all our heart and conscience in peace call of academics for negotiation and peace”.

15 January 2016

Support for Academics from Film-Makers

Support for Academics from Film-Makers

Film-Makers for Peace have declared that they stand with academics calling for peace and negotiations to resume and that they support their call.

15 January 2016

21 Academics of Kocaeli University Under Custody

21 Academics of Kocaeli University Under Custody

Investigation warrant has been issued for 21 academics from Kocaeli University who have signed the declaration titled ‘We will not be a party to this crime’, 12 of them have been taken under custody.

15 January 2016

Investigation against Academics in İstanbul Desiring Peace

Investigation against Academics in İstanbul Desiring Peace

İstanbul Chief Public Prosecution Office Bureau of Terror and Organized Crime has launched a prosecution against academics in İstanbul signing the petition titled “We will not be a party to this crime”.

15 January 2016

Tourists Speak after Sultanahmet Explosion: We are Here

Tourists Speak after Sultanahmet Explosion: We are Here

Two days after the explosion in Sultanahmet, people are there to commemorate those killed, the tourists we’ve talked with say the attacks aim for fear yet they will not allow it.

14 January 2016 Beyza Kural,Yüce Yöney

Alewis: This Fire will Burn Us Both

Alewis: This Fire will Burn Us Both

Gathering in Denhaag province of the Netherlands in front of the Turkish Embassy, Alewis have called on the EU Member States to object to the war of AKP.

14 January 2016 Füsun Erdoğan

Support for Academics from Journalists

Support for Academics from Journalists

Over 200 journalists have declared that they stand with academics calling for peace and negotiations to resume by a statement and targeted by the President and Prime Minister for this.

14 January 2016

Campaign for Teacher Ayşe

Campaign for Teacher Ayşe

26 intellectuals have informed themselves on to prosecution as to the investigation launched against Ayşe Çelik for her talk on TV program, and initiated a petition to turn this act into a mass campaign.

14 January 2016

Academics for Peace: We Stand by Our Signatures

Academics for Peace: We Stand by Our Signatures

Academics for Peace have announced that they stand by the signees and their signatures on the declaration “We will not be a party to this crime”. They have re-expressed their demands for peace and have announced that they would launch the judicial process against the defamations and the threats.

14 January 2016

Academics Comment on President’s Wording

Academics Comment on President’s Wording

Prof. Dr. Şahika Yüksel, journalist-academic member Tuğrul Eryılmaz, Prof. Dr. Ayşe Erzan, Prof. Dr. Gençay Gürsoy, and journalist-academic member Füsun Özbilgen have commented on Erdoğan’s wording.

14 January 2016

Friday Prayer Regulation for Schools

Friday Prayer Regulation for Schools

Ministry of National Education in its notice sent to National Education Provincial Directorates, has demanded providing necessary convenience for administrators, teachers and other staff in the hours of Friday prayers.

14 January 2016

Support for Academics from Psychologists

Support for Academics from Psychologists

Association of Psychologists for Social Solidarity has said, “We declare that we oppose threats and oppressions, and support ‘peace and negotiation’ call by Academics for Peace Initiative”.

14 January 2016