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...
Lire la suiteUrgent 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...
Lire la suiteThe 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...
Lire la suiteMonday, December 24, 2012 http://gitamerica.blogspot.fr/2012/12/git-north-america-statement-on-recent.html As scholars and students from Turkey as well as academics working on Turkey and the Ottoman Empire in North America we are deeply concerned by the...
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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...
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December 8th 2012 Dear friends, Here is the biography of Belge's writer Aziz Tunc. He was arrested same day with Deniz Zarakolu, my son. Next trial will begin December 12th and will go on one week. You can send him solidarity cards. His address: Aziz...
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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
Lire la suite“I should also say that I know Ragıp, support his courageous efforts, know something about the harassment and persecution he has undergone, but still, he has maintained a non-violent attitude throughout. What he stands for, human rights, freedom of speech,...
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(end of the Appeal in favor of Mr. Zarakolu'Nomination ; see the full text below, October 2 2012) Mr. Zarakolu’s name has several times been mentioned in connection with the Nobel Peace Prize. “Ragıp Zarakolu is the pride of publishing. He is the limelight...
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Today October 7th 2012 marks the one year anniversary of the arrest of Deniz Zarakolu, PhD Candidate, translator and editor at Belge Publishing, son of publisher Ragıp Zarakolu. Today, we in the GITinitiative community remain committed to Deniz and the...
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