Violence shook Istanbul overnight, as the Turkish government sent police into the park at the centre of protests, used tear gas against a hotel where protesters – including the wounded – were seeking refuge, and stationed military gendarmes at key points...
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...
A remarkable report (part one) by Etienne Copeaux on the murder of Metin Göktepe, January 8, 1996 in Istanbul. This young gifted photojournalist, who worked for the leftist periodical Evrensel, was savagely beaten to death, by the police while covering...
Since the 9th May 2012, Sevil Sevimli, French-Turkish Erasmus student who wanted to study in the region where her parents come from, was arrested in Turkey for buying some books, attending a concert (“Grup Yorum” Band) and participating to the 1st May...
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...
HÜRRIYET DAILY NEWS February/17/2012 GIT members say hundreds of university students are being prosecuted or suspended from the university on accusations of ‘aiding terrorist organizations’. Academics have raised their voice to denounce the “oppression...
Turkish journalists are very frightened – but we must fight this intimidation A journalist's murder and jailing of two others is an attempt to silence the media – but it makes me more determined to speak By Ece Temelkuran guardian.co.uk , Friday 27 January...
(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...
Vercihan Ziflioğlu , Hürriyet Daily News, April 14/2012 Prominent publisher Ragıp Zarakolu carries his books with his lawyer, Şennur Baybuğa, after being released from prison after months in jail on the terror-related charges. AA photo Ragıp Zarakolu,...
Ragip Zarakolu was released from prison today pending trial along with 14 other suspects. He was taken into custody on Oct. 28, 2011, during a large-scale manhunt in Istanbul against Kurdish and human rights activists. Professor Büşra Ersanlı and forty...
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'...
HURRIYET DAILY NEWS February/03/2012 Jailed publisher Zarakolu up for Nobel peace prize Radikal Publisher Ragıp Zarakolu. DAILY NEWS photos, Emrah GÜREL Swedish MPs have applied to the Nobel Peace Committee to nominate jailed publisher Ragıp Zarakolu...
!!! URGENT CALL FROM TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION !!! (Please SHARE! ) ===================================================== Since May 31st 2013 the peaceful and legitimate demonstrations are tried to be suppressed by the police. The police forces are...
Monday, January 25, 2016 As of today, 30 Nobel Laureates have endorsed the attached January 19, 2016, H.R. Network’s Statement to the Government of Turkey regarding the plight of hundreds of Turkish academic colleagues. Peter Agre, Chemistry, 2003 Philip...
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu Office of the Prime Minister Başbakanlık 06573 Ankara, Turkey Via facsimile +90 312 417 0476; +90 312 403 62 82; + 90 312 422 26 67 The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (OTSA, formerly the Turkish Studies Association...
Dearest fellow COSMOS members, In recent days, more than a 1,000 Turkish and Kurdish academics signed a petition calling for an end to hostilities in a number of Kurdish cities and a resumption of peace negotiations between the government and the PKK....
The coalition of support for the Academics for Peace is growing in Turkey, Here is a list prepared by a member of the Academics for Peace: Litterateurs: https://barisicinyazarlar.wordpress.com Artists: https://www.change.org/p/sanatçılar-barış-için-akademisyenlerin-yanında?recruiter=467057926...
Dear 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)...
Academics 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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
