trial of academics

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Case of Four Academics to Continue in May

The case, in which Esra Mungan, Meral Camcı, Muzaffer Kaya and Kıvanç Ersoy are being tried, has been adjourned to May 23. The court has ruled that Kaya and Ersoy shall make their defense statements in the countries where they live.

28 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

3-Year Prison Sentence Not Deferred: 'We Gave a 2-Year Sentence, Then Increased it to 3 Years'

Dr. Lecturer Yonca Demir from Bilgi University has been sentenced to 3 years in prison. The presiding judge announced the verdict saying, "We gave a two-year sentence. Then we increased it to three years. And we did not reverse the verdict."

24 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for One More Academic

One more academic from İstanbul Bilgi University has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The court board has ruled that the announcement of the verdict shall be deferred.

23 January 2019

LAST LESSON BY KORUR-FİNCANCI BEFORE MANDATORY RETIREMENT

‘If Physicians Cannot Defend Rights of Their Patients, They Should Not Do This Profession’

Prof. Dr. Korur-Fincancı has given her last lesson before her mandatory retirement. In her lesson “Human Rights and Responsibility of the Physician”, she has said, “Medicine is the epitome of politics because we get involved in life.”

23 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Presiding Judge: Whom Are You Calling for Peace?

Hearings of five academics have been held in three courts. The Presiding Judge of the 25th Heavy Penal Court asked an academic, “Who will make peace? Whom are you calling for peace?”

23 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

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Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 2 Academics

Academics Emin Alper and Kerem Eksen from the İstanbul Technical University have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. İstanbul 36th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that the announcement of all verdicts shall be suspended.

18 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 4 Academics

Four academics have been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The court board of the İstanbul 36th Heavy Penal court has ruled that the announcement of all verdicts shall be suspended.

17 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Academic Sentenced to 2 Years, 1 Month in Prison; Sentence Not Deferred

Academic M.A. has been sentenced to 2 years, 1 month in prison for “knowingly and willingly aiding a terrorist organization as a non-member.” Neither the announcement of the verdict nor the sentence has been deferred due to “absence of legal possibility.”

16 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Statement of Academic Ayşe Berkman

In mathematics, nobody can make anybody accept a false statement or proof. There is nothing like “command acceptance of a theorem.” We have to prove our claims. For this reason, you cannot fight in mathematics...

14 January 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

6 Academics Demanded to be Penalized for ‘Propagandizing for a Terrorist Organization’

Prosecutor’s Offices at two different courts have announced the same opinion as to the accusations for six academics. They have demanded that the academics be penalized for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” as per the Anti-Terror Law.

11 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 10 Academics

10 academics have been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” While the announcement of nine verdicts has been suspended, the sentence of Esra Arsan has been deferred on a two-year probation.

10 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 1 Academic

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Y.A. has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The announcement of the verdict has been deferred.

8 January 2019

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

1 Academic Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison; Announcement of Verdict Deferred

One academic has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The court board has ruled that the pronouncement of the verdict shall be suspended.

3 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 3 Academics

13 academics had their hearings at seven courts. Three academics have been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison; the announcement of the verdicts has been deferred.

28 December 2018 Tansu Pişkin,Gülsüm Düz

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 1 Academic

An academic from the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison. The announcement of the verdict has been deferred.

25 December 2018 Tansu Pişkin,Gülsüm Düz

RIGHTS AND LAW ORGANIZATIONS

'Sentence Given to Korur Fincancı is a Sentence Given to Rights Advocacy'

Releasing a joint statement regarding the prison sentence given to Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a signatory to the declaration “We will not be a party to this crime”, rights and law organizations have said, “Advocacy for human rights cannot be sentenced.”

24 December 2018 Tansu Pişkin,Gülsüm Düz

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Presiding Judge: You Are an Academic and Know Everything, Don’t You Remember It?

While presenting his statement of defense, academic Alper Akyüz, who could not remember the subject in question, has been interrupted by Presiding Judge: “You are an academic, know and have researched everything. Don’t you remember it?”

21 December 2018 Tansu Pişkin

ŞEBNEM KORUR FİNCANCI ON HER SENTENCE

‘State Did Not Let Me in Prison as an Observer, Now I Enter Officially’

Prof. Korur-Fincancı has commented on the prison sentence she has been given: “The state, which did not let us into prisons as civil organizations who are striving for human rights, lets me in as 'an official monitoring investigator'”.

19 December 2018 Ekin Karaca

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı Sentenced to 2 Years, 6 Months in Prison

Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, who signed the declaration entitled “We will not be a party to this crime” prepared by Academics for Peace, has been sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison. Her sentence has not been reduced or suspended.

19 December 2018 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 1 More Academic

At the 28th İstanbul Heavy Penal Court, academic Gülçin Karabağ has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”; the announcement of the verdict has been suspended.

19 December 2018 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Statement of Academic Abbas Vali

Violence scars more than just the social fabric of our communities, more than tissues of our flesh, it scars our human souls, it dehumanizes us.

17 December 2018

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Hearing of Prof. Dr. Abbas Vali Adjourned

Prof. Dr. Abbas Vali has presented his statement of defense in company with an interpreter. The court board has adjourned his hearing to March 27, 2019 for the provision of his identity register and criminal record.

17 December 2018

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

1 Academic Sentenced to 1 Year, 6 Months in Prison; Announcement of Verdict Not Deferred

Five academics have been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison; the announcement of the verdicts has been suspended. One other academic has been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prisons; her sentence has not been reduced or deferred.

14 December 2018 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

9 Academics Sentenced to 1 Year, 3 Months in Prison; 3 Sentences Not Deferred

Nine academics have been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison. While the announcement of six verdicts has been deferred, the pronouncement of the verdicts of Erzan, Çakmak and Aktan has not been deferred upon their rejection of suspension.

13 December 2018 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 2 Academics

Rejecting the requests for additional time raised by academic Çavuşoğlu, the court has sentenced her and Can Soylu to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The pronouncement of both verdicts has been suspended.

12 December 2018 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Prof. Dr. Gençay Gürsoy Sentenced to 2 Years, 3 Months in Prison

Prof. Dr. Gençay Gürsoy, for whom the Prosecutor’s Office announced its opinion as to the accusation in the previous hearing, has been sentenced to 2 years, 3 months in prison after new documents have been added to his file between the hearings.

11 December 2018 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Deferred Prison Sentence for 1 Academic; 1 Case File Combined

Academic Balsoy has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison; the pronouncement of the verdict has been suspended. The court board of the 24th Heavy Penal Court has continued combining the case files of academics heard by the same court.

7 December 2018 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Hearings of 2 Academics Held

Two academics have had their hearings at the İstanbul 30th Heavy Penal Court. The Presiding Judge, who has combined the cases heard by his court, has stated that he will combine the case files in groups in later stages “since it will be too crowded.”

5 December 2018

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 6 Months, 22 Days: ‘Academic Did the Act Successively’

One academic has been given a deferred prison sentence of 1 year and 6 months without any reductions; another academic has been sentenced to 1 year, 6 months and 22 days in prison. The pronouncement of the verdict has been deferred.

5 December 2018 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Deferred Prison Sentence at Hearing Not Attended by Academic, His Attorney

The court board has ruled that academic Onur Baysal shall be sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison at his third hearing which was attended neither by himself nor by his attorney. The pronouncement of the judgement has been suspended.

30 November 2018 Tansu Pişkin

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

One Academic Given Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months

Academic Yıldırmaz has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison; announcement of the verdict has been deferred. The academic who testified in Diyarbakır upon instruction has said that he will make his defense at the İstanbul 37th Heavy Penal Court.

29 November 2018

TRIAL OF ACADEMICS

Prison Sentence Deferred with 2-Year Probation

Three academics have been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison. The pronouncement of the verdict of Gülhan Türkay, who did not request deferment of the announcement of her verdict, has been suspended on the condition of a 2-year probation.

23 November 2018 Tansu Pişkin