In case you missed- #TutukluÖğrencilereÖzgürlük 4 more students are arrested for alleged links to Kurdish illegal groups…

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These 4 students- two men in the middle are our own Bilgi University- are the latest victims of Turkish judiciary… 

Turkey’s jailed university students – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of …

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Feb 22, 2015 – Hundreds of Turkish university students have landed behind bars on …more than 3,000 university students are currently in prison, accused of….

Academic under probe get new support from international colleagues

More than 350 international academics have signed a statement to express solidarity with colleagues in Turkey who are facing legal and administrative probes for signing a petition calling for an end to security operations in the southeast

Başkent University Suspends Assoc. Prof. Şebnem Oğuz

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Başkent University Presidency has suspended Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şebnem Oruç who signed the declaration issued by “Academics for Peace”.

Turkish academics investigated on same charges as jailed PKK leader

Turkish prosecutors in İzmir and Ankara have been investigating academics who signed a petition denouncing military operations in the southeast on charges based on the most controversial articles of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK)

Emphasis on Freedom of Expression, Peace Wishes from Bilgi University

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In his statement with regards to the declaration of the academics; İstanbul Bilgi University Rector Prof. Dr. Mehmet Durman has pointed out the importance of the protection of freedom of expression and demanded developing an environment of peace.

HR Network, Nobel laureates voice support for under-fire Turkish academics

The Executive Committee of the H.R. Network issued a statement endorsed by 28 Nobel laureates in support of Turkish academics who have come under fire for signing a petition calling for an end to military operations in southeast Turkey

Support for Academics from Academic Council of Ankara University

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Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences Academic Council has stated that signing the declaration titled “We will not be a party to this crime” is within the scope of freedom of expression.

Photos taken amid military operations depict the scale of destruction in historical Sur

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency has released photos from ongoing military operations in the Sur district of the southeastern Diyarbakır province displaying the scale of the destruction

Two Turkish schools among top 10 universities

English Times Higher Education magazine has listed two Turkish universities among its top 10 on a list of the world’s best small universities

Support for Academics from 30 Nobel Prize Winners

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30 Nobel Prize winners have signatures on the declaration issued by International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies supporting academics in Turkey and warning the government.

In Photos: Tanks roll through Cizre’s ruined streets as operations continue

Tanks roll through the ruined streets of the Cizre district of the southeastern province of Şırnak as military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) continue

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