If you want to know more about what happened last night (who is probably not the last one if we believe the situation of this morning; the main streets of the city center are still occupied by numerous demonstrators) and what is going on, here are new...
September 26, 2012 We have decided to submit a new appeal to the Norwegian Nobel Committee (Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo) in favor of nominating the independent publisher and pro-democracy intellectual Ragıp Zarakolu of Turkey as a candidate for the...
Urgent call for country co-ordinators and Amnesty International activists to write appeal letters to Turkish embassies in their countries A protest to stop the destruction of Gezi Park in central Istanbul near Taksim Square has been subjected to excessive...
« The Great Repression of Freedoms in Turkey While Turkey has shown an economic growth rate that has impressed the world, partially due to the stability of the current Conservative party AKP – the flip side of this picture is alarming: a hegemonic power...
Prominent International Weekly Journal of Sciences Nature posted an article by Dr. Alison Abbott : “ Turkey cracks down on academic freedom” http://www.nature.com/news/turkey-cracks-down-on-academic-freedom-1.10942 In Paris, Le Monde published an appeal...
Turkey: End Police Violence at Protests Government Intolerance of Free Speech, Assembly Triggers Demonstrations (Istanbul, June 1, 2013) – Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government should end police violence and excessive use of force against protests...
From an anonymous trusted source From an anthropologist friend tonight in Istanbul, Turkey. « Dear friends, I'm sorry to say this evening that there is no more Gezi park to report from. Riot police raided the park today, which was having a very normal,...
Yurtdışındaki akademisyenlerden demokrasiye çağrı bildirisi / Academics call for democracy “As academics concerned with the recent developments in Turkey, we stand in solidarity with the people peacefully protesting to protect Gezi Park in Taksim, and...
The International Workgroup on Academic Liberty and Freedom of Research in Turkey (GITTurkey) GITTurkey , which was established in the wake of the arrest of Prof. Büşra Ersanlı and which aims to fight pressures and restrictions academics and researchers...
Le vertige autocratique d’Erdoğan The Lost Legitimacy of Turkey’s Prime Minister Published by the newspaper Libération, June 21 2013 If you would like to sign, please send name and academic titles to git.initiative@gmail.com The night of June 15, 2013,...
"MAJOR POLICE TERROR IN Istanbul, worse than anything I've seen so far. No limits, they are not just attacking but chasing people until something bad happens. More arrests than ever and no one knows where they are taken to. Media is not allowed in. International...
In the huge Silivri prison complex, 80 kilometers from Istanbul, a verdict will be made today in one of two state trials that the Turkish government is pursuing against the democratic intellectuals who are facing charges under the guise of counter-terrorism....
Today, following Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's extremely sectarian, separatist, and fictious speech in Ankara, around 9 PM, the Turkish police began to attack thousands of people who were at the Gezi Park and Taksim square, having dinner....
An interview was conducted by journalist Jerome Gautheret in Le Monde (12/29/11) with French historian, professor and co-founder of GIT Initiative and GIT France, Vincent Duclert (EHESS) on the Armenian genocide, the recent non-negation law in France...
Civil, scientific and artist Initiative for defending democratic principles and preserve the rule of law in Romania To: The President of the European Council, His Excellency Herman Achille Van Rompuy The President of the European Commission, His Excellency...
Ragip Zarakolu has received the 2012 Foundation Info-Türk Prize for Freedom http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=75852
See : http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalDetayV3&ArticleID=1095093&CategoryID=81
GIT France' Appeal for Student Sevil Sevimli, November 1, 2012 See http://www.gitfrance.fr/article-sevil-sevimli-appel-du-git-france-pour-les-etudiants-emprisonnes-en-turquie-112015061.html
Ragıp Zarakolu yesterday, after his release from prison ( http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalDetayV3&ArticleID=1084557&CategoryID=77 )
The independent publisher and pro-democracy intellectual Ragıp Zarakolu will be in Paris next Tuesday to give a conference organized by GIT France, A Committment to the Freedom of Publishing in the social sciences. Welcome to Paris, dear colleague and...
Professor Leyla Neyzi, sociologist, Sabanci University on CBC Professor Edhem Eldem, historian, Bogazici University Leyla Neyzi http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/ID/2391727593/ Edhem Eldem’s article in NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/17/opinion/turkey...
Exceptional video film, realized by students from Mimar Sinan University. Watch it ! http://emircansoksan.net/blog/call-from-planners/
New Petition in Turkey https://t24.com.tr/haber/610-akademisyenden-yeni-bildiri-fikrin-elestirilmesi-demokrasinin-cezalandirilmasi-otoritenin-niteligidir,324667
April 13, 2016 Paris (EHESS) Creation of : International Committee of Solidarity with Academics for Peace, Turkey Barış İçin Akademisyenlerle Uluslararası Dayanışma Komitesi Comité international de solidarité avec les Universitaires pour la Paix, Tur...
1100 Academics in danger in Turkey see : http://www.gitfrance.fr/
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