Read a Letter from Ayşe Berktay (detained in Istanbul Bakirkoy Women’s Prison) http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/3787/letter-from-istanbul-bakirkoy-womens-prison
Lire la suiteDear Friends and Colleagues in North America, We are writing to invite you to participate in a collaborative effort to address growing violations of academic freedom in Turkey, whereby larger problems with freedom of expression and association are crystallized....
Lire la suiteParis, December 26, 2011 Dear Colleagues, GIT France announces its calendar of seminars, following its engagement declared November 21st 2011 for academic liberty and freedom of research in Turkey. You are invited to participate in the creation and organization...
Lire la suiteThe address of the new Facebook Page for GIT Initiative is : http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/GIT-Initiative/288505904533560 Contacts : ferhattaylan@gmail.com, diana.gonzalez2@wanadoo.fr
Lire la suiteLETTER OF INFORMATION FROM THE GITFRANCE, DECEMBER 24, 2011 Governmental measures of repression and attacks against academic research, teaching, translation and publication in Turkey have intensified since 2009. They have reached an alarming climax with...
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Journalists among dozens detained in multiple KCK operations Police have detained 41 people in operations carried out against the Kurdish Communities Union (KCK), which prosecutors say is a political umbrella organization that includes the Kurdistan Workers'...
Lire la suite· Comment is free · liberty central Turkey claims to be a successful democracy, but for thousands of political protesters, it is anything but · By Ayça Çubukçu ( Ayca Çubukçu teaches at Harvard University as a lecturer on social studies. She holds a PhD....
Lire la suiteGIT Initiative will publish January 1st 2012 a new list of colleagues, worldwide, who have signed in support of Academic Liberty and Freedom of Research in Turkey Please, send your signature for the Inaugural Declaration (November 21, 2011 : first text...
Lire la suiteInternational Work Group "Academic Liberty and Freedom of Research in Turkey"/GIT’s Press Release Regarding Cihan Kırmızıgül Cihan Kırmızıgül, an engineering student at Galatasaray University in Istanbul, has been imprisoned in a high security detention...
Lire la suiteGITINITIATIVE 2011/11/21 _____________________________________________________________________ Groupe International de Travail (“GIT”) / International Work Group: “Academic Liberty and Freedom of Research in Turkey” A Critical Situation for Academic Liberty...
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