Open Letter from Scholars in Canada in Solidarity with Academics in Turkey https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BmaE-iBEBJ3IwsS570xbZw_dXkMPv_391GO-zKMWuD4/edit?pref=2&pli=1 We, scholars associated with Canadian universities, are deeply disturbed with...
Lire la suiteOther petitions formulated by colleagues for all university affiliated persons internationally to be circulated widely. I. We the undersigned We the undersigned are professors of Turkish Studies in North American and European Universities. Several of...
Lire la suiteDear colleagues For those who are based in Paris, we will organize a meeting on Monday at 7 PM at the Amphitheatre of the EHESS (105, Bd Raspail, m° Notre-Dame-des-Champs or Saint-Placide). Best regards GIT FRance Groupe de travail international (GIT)...
Lire la suiteAcademics 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...
Lire la suiteUrgent Call, today, January 15, 2016 Dear friends and colleagues, This is an urgent call for solidarity. The Istanbul Prosecutor has initiated investigations against 1128 academics throughout Turkey for signing a petition against the state’s “anti-terror”...
Lire la suite1100 Academics in danger in Turkey see : http://www.gitfrance.fr/
Lire la suiteIn 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....
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Exceptional video film, realized by students from Mimar Sinan University. Watch it ! http://emircansoksan.net/blog/call-from-planners/
Lire la suiteLe 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,...
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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...
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