The new Turkey Five more academics given jail terms for signing peace petition
15-Mar-2019 13:50
22 October 2018: Two Istanbul courts this week convicted five more academics of “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization” for signing a 2016 declaration by the Academics for Peace initiative. The 36th High Criminal Court of Istanbul on 22 October sentenced former Bahçeşehir University academic Naciye Gülengül Altıntaş to a prison term of 1 year and 3 months at the end of the fourth and final hearing of her trial. The same court on 23 October sentenced academics İpek Merçil, O.A. and Yücel Candemir to 15-month prison terms each. On 25 October, the 28th High Criminal Court of Istanbul also gave academic Fevziye Deniz Tarba Ceylan a 15-month prison sentence on the “propaganda” charge at the end of the second hearing of her trial. All five sentences were deferred. Source: http://platform24.org/en/articles/700/ freedom-of-expression-and-the-press-in-turkey---162

The new Turkey
Five more academics given jail terms for signing peace petition

15-Mar-2019 13:50

22 October 2018:

Two Istanbul courts this week convicted five more academics of “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization” for signing a 2016 declaration by the Academics for Peace initiative.

The 36th High Criminal Court of Istanbul on 22 October sentenced former Bahçeşehir University academic Naciye Gülengül Altıntaş to a prison term of 1 year and 3 months at the end of the fourth and final hearing of her trial.

The same court on 23 October sentenced academics İpek Merçil, O.A. and Yücel Candemir to 15-month prison terms each.

On 25 October, the 28th High Criminal Court of Istanbul also gave academic Fevziye Deniz Tarba Ceylan a 15-month prison sentence on the “propaganda” charge at the end of the second hearing of her trial.

All five sentences were deferred.

Source: http://platform24.org/en/articles/700/
freedom-of-expression-and-the-press-in-turkey---162

The new Turkey Five more academics given jail terms for signing peace petition

The new Turkey
Five more academics given jail terms for signing peace petition