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15 State Institutions Planned to be Moved to Cizre, Yüksekova

15 State Institutions Planned to be Moved to Cizre, Yüksekova

At least 15 institutions and 500 state officers will be reassigned in 90 days in line with the plan of moving Hakkari and Şırnak provincial centrals to Yüksekova and Cizre districts.

20 January 2016

Academics Overseas Support Signatory Academics

Academics Overseas Support Signatory Academics

212 academics of whom 72 are professors have declared their support for their colleagues signing peace declaration.

20 January 2016

İmc TV Cameraperson Refik Shot in Cizre

İmc TV Cameraperson Refik Shot in Cizre

imc TV has reported, that its cameraperson Refik Tekin has been shot by police in Cizre district of Şırnak which is still under curfew.

20 January 2016

Disciplinary Petition Against Nationalists Threatening Academics

Disciplinary Petition Against Nationalists Threatening Academics

Academics from Marmara University signing the declaration “We will not be a party to this crime” have submitted a petition to the Presidency of the university and requested to launch a disciplinary investigation into the group “Marmara University Nationalists” who had been threatening them.

20 January 2016

Justice, Peace Watch for Assassinated Journalist Hrant Dink

Justice, Peace Watch for Assassinated Journalist Hrant Dink

On 9th death anniversary of assassinated Armenian journalist, Agos weekly Chief Editor, Hrant Dink, a two-hour Justice and Peace watch was kept in front of Agos’ former building.

20 January 2016

Support for Academics from Paris

Support for Academics from Paris

In the conference where Etienne Balibar, Christian Laval and Vincent Duclert have taken place as speakers, importance of international support, in particular from France has been emphasized.

20 January 2016 Deniz İnceoğlu,Dilan Eren

Demirtaş: Apologize to My Wife and the Public for This Statement

Demirtaş: Apologize to My Wife and the Public for This Statement

Stating that his wife Başak Demirtaş had received a sick report due to illness, HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş has apologized to his wife and the public for coming in the position of making such a statement.

19 January 2016

Turkey Convicted of Raid against Nokta Journal

Turkey Convicted of Raid against Nokta Journal

ECtHR has convicted Turkey over raid against Nokta in 2007 upon General Staff’s instruction for its report of “Coup Diaries”.

19 January 2016

HDP’s Feleknas Refutes Davutoğlu

HDP’s Feleknas Refutes Davutoğlu

HDP Diyarbakır MP Uca has refuted Davutoğlu who said addressing her “she threatened the families willing to retrieve bodies”.

19 January 2016

Hrant Dink Commemorated 9 Years After His Death

Hrant Dink Commemorated 9 Years After His Death

Agos Weekly Chief Editor Hrant Dink is being commemorated nine years after his death on the spot where he had been murdered. The crowd is chanting slogans “We are all Hrant, we are all Tahir Elçi”.

19 January 2016 Nilay Vardar,Beyza Kural

31 Men, 19 Women in CHP’s New Party Assembly

31 Men, 19 Women in CHP’s New Party Assembly

New Party Assembly, and Science Administration and Culture Platform has become clear at Ordinary Meeting, of CHP leader’s list 19 people couldn’t make it to Party Assembly and one person couldn’t make it to the Science Administration and Culture Platform.

19 January 2016

Legislative Proposal from CHP for Imprisoned Children Correspond Free of Charge

Legislative Proposal from CHP for Imprisoned Children Correspond Free of Charge

CHP İstanbul MP Eren Erdem has submitted a legislative proposal with regards to the correspondence of imprisoned children free of charge in order to compensate the problems and trauma they are being exposed to in penal institutions.

19 January 2016

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

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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