“On 10 January 2016, 1128 academics from Turkey and 356 from abroad signed a petition calling the Republic of Turkey to end ongoing violence and curfews affecting 1.5 million predominantly Kurdish citizens of Turkey in seven cities in the eastern provinces and to return to negotiations with the Kurdish movement.
“Türkiye’deki siyasi ve yargı makamlarını ve YÖK’ü evrensel standartlar çerçevesinde akademik özgürlüğe ve düşünceyi ifade hürriyetine saygı duymaya davet ediyoruz.