ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΟΜΑΔΑ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ: «Ακαδημαϊκή και Ερευνητική Ελευθερία στην Τουρκία» Μια κρίσιμη κατάσταση για την ακαδημαϊκή και ερευνητική ελευθερία Τα κυβερνητικά μέτρα καταπίεσης και οι επιθέσεις ενάντια στην ακαδημαϊκή έρευνα, διδασκαλία, μετάφραση και εκδοτική...
January 1, 2012 : Second list of signatures for the GIT’s Inaugural Declaration (November 21, 2011) Academic Liberty and Freedom of Research in Turkey A third list will be published January 15, 2012 Please, send your signature to hamit.bozarslan@ehess.fr...
« 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...
The statements of the Turkish Minister of Internal Affairs, Idris Naim Sahin, diffused in the press on December 26, 2011, illustrates that the Turkish government considers activities that fall under freedom of research and expression as “indirect activities...
"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...
GIT 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...
June 1st 2013 The International Work Group for Academic Liberty and Freedom of Research in Turkey (« GIT ») strongly condemns the disproportionate use of police force against demonstrators in Istanbul and other Turkish cities. GIT protests against these...
"A week in the shadow of Taksim" The fact that I spent last week in Turkey -- a pure coincidence, I was not one of the "foreign agents"- allowed me to witness some of the demonstrations and riots at first hand (in Izmir and Ankara) and follow the daily...
Akademik Özgürlükler için Birleşme Çağrısı GIT - Türkiye Türkiye’de Araştırma ve Öğretim Özgürlüğü Uluslararası çalışma grubu Türkiye’nin toplumsal ve siyasal tarihindeki temel meselelerle yüzleşmek, hesaplaşmak ve yeni siyasal çözümler üretmek zorunda...
Turkish TV Station reports from the future: Read how Samanyolu TV, a media flagship of the Gülen movement, reported the court decision (to continue detaining journalists Ahmet Şık, Nedim Şener, and others on the Oda TV trial) 21 minutes before their meeting...
Dear 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....
Paris, 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...
“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,...
ECOLE DES HAUTES ETUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES Repression against the Academics for Peace from Turkey Wednesday April 13, 2016 2pm – 5.30pm Amphithéâtre François Furet, 105 Bd Raspail, Paris F-75006 This conference will lead to the creation of an Academics...
Dear friends and colleagues, As you know, three of our colleagues are still in prison. Assist. Prof. Esra Mungan from Bogazici University is under solitary confinement at the Bakirkoy Womens' Prison in Istanbul. Yesterday, she was transferred to another...
Assistant Professor Esra Mungan was put into solitary confinement in Bakırköy Women’s Prison Assistant Professor Esra Mungan from Bosphorus University is among the 1128 academics who had signed the declaration, titled “We Will Not Be Party to This Crime.”...
Steven Englund, Visiting Fellow, Center for The Study of Antisemitism, Berlin Pierre Crescenzo, Maître de conférences, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis et CNRS Thomas Vallée, Professeur des universités, Université de Nantes Johanna Siméant, Professeure...
FEBRUARY 18 2016, COMPLETE LIST OF SIGNATORIES 554 CHERCHEURS ET ENSEIGNANTS ONT SIGNE LA : Déclaration de solidarité, Paris-18 janvier 2016 lancée par Le Groupe international de travail (GIT) pour la liberté de recherche et d’enseignement en Turquie...
Paris, le 24 janvier 2016 Chère et cher collègue, Plus de 350 chercheurs, universitaires, intellectuels ont déjà signé LA « Déclaration de solidarité, Paris-18 janvier 2016 » en faveur des chercheurs, universitaires et intellectuels de Turquie signataires...
Academics For Peace and the Petition “We will not be a party to this crime” : An Overview (17 January 2015) Sinem Arslan (University of Essex) sarslaa@essex.ac.uk After the June 2015 Elections and the collapse of peace process in Turkey, the government,...
Paris, le 10 mars 2017 Chère et cher collègue, Vous trouverez plus bas les 67 nouveaux signataires de la pétition du 28 février en faveur des universitaires pour la paix de Turquie. La pétition a été publiée ce matin par le journal Libération. http://www.liberation.fr/debats/2017/03/09/turquie-de-la-repression-au-suicide_1554581...
Au soir du 5 mars 2017, la pétition du 28 février en faveur de nos collègues de Turquie a dépassé les 2 000 soutiens. Voici les signataires des 4 et 5 mars. Chiara Pettenella France 2017-03-03 Agnes Clerc-Renaud France 2017-03-03 MARIE NOUVIAN France...
Dear colleagues For those who are based in Paris, we will organize a conference on April 13, 2016 at 2 PM at the Amphitheatre of the EHESS (105, Bd Raspail, m° Notre-Dame-des-Champs or Saint-Placide). Une conférence aura lieu à l’Ecole des hautes études...
Freedom of Science Read on the implications of some recent governmental decision on the freedom of science in Turkey on GIT - North America An Intervention letter in support of the autonomy of the Turkish Academy of Sciences Read the letter of the International...
MARCH 16, 2016 Objet: URGENT CALL FOR SOLIDARITY WITH TURKISH ACADEMICS Three colleagues were arrested yesterday for having signed the peace petition against the Turkish government's armed assault on several towns within Turkish territory. This is a critical...
