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Gülmen, Özakça, Karadağ ‘Asking Back Their Jobs’ Detained

Gülmen, Özakça, Karadağ ‘Asking Back Their Jobs’ Detained

Gülmen, Özakça and Karadağ, who declared to start a hunger strike after 120 days passed over their protest in Ankara, have been detained following making a statement to the press.

10 March 2017 Beyza Kural

Academic Noémi Levy-Aksu: I Will Continue to Fight

Academic Noémi Levy-Aksu: I Will Continue to Fight

Boğaziçi University academic member Assist. Prof. Dr. Noémi Levy-Aksu whose contract has been cancelled by the Council of Higher Education says the decision was rendered due to her being a signatory academic.

9 March 2017 Beyza Kural

Police Who Recorded Doğan's Moment of Being Shot: 'Special Operation Shot by Accident'

Police Who Recorded Doğan's Moment of Being Shot: 'Special Operation Shot by Accident'

New footage has been disclosed in the case of Dilek Doğan, who was shot by police during a house raid in İstanbul’s Sarıyer district. The police officer who shot the incident says the special operation police officer shot Doğan “accidentally”.

6 March 2017 Ayça Söylemez

2 Peace Declaration Signatory Academics Discharged from Mersin University

2 Peace Declaration Signatory Academics Discharged from Mersin University

Mersin University hasn’t extended the contracts of Assist. Prof. Dr. Hakan Mercan and Assist. Prof. Dr. Tolga Tören on the grounds of the administrative and criminal investigations launched into the academics for having signed the peace declaration.

Curfews in 12 Diyarbakır Villages

Curfews in 12 Diyarbakır Villages

Curfews are declared as operations are to be launched in 11 villages in Lice district and one in Hazro district.

Grup Yorum Band Members Released

Grup Yorum Band Members Released

The members of Grup Yorum and another defendant have been released in the first trial of the case against the rock group.

Journalist Aysel Işık Released

Journalist Aysel Işık Released

JİNHA correspondent Aysel Işık, arrested in November 2016, has been released.

Barbaros Şansal Released

Barbaros Şansal Released

Being arrested on January 4 due to his social media posts following Reina attack, Barbaros Şansal has been released upon his lawyer Efkan Bolaç’s objection.

Academic Subjected to Investigation Commits Suicide

Academic Subjected to Investigation Commits Suicide

Asst. Prof. Mustafa Sadık Akdağ from Ordu University Faculty of Dentistry has committed suicide. Akdağ had reportedly been taken into custody for 24 hours a while ago.

Ege University Chancellor Suspended

Ege University Chancellor Suspended

Ege University Chancellor Prof. Dr. Mustafa Cüneyt Hoşcoşkun has been suspended. Hoşcoşkun, though being in the fourth place in the university chancellor elections was appointed chancellor by President Erdoğan.

28 February 2017

Call for Hearing of Ayşe Çelik Facing Trial for Saying ‘Don’t Let Children Die’

Call for Hearing of Ayşe Çelik Facing Trial for Saying ‘Don’t Let Children Die’

Freedom of Expression Network of Turkey has made a call for the hearing of teacher Çelik, who said “Don’t let children die” on Beyaz Show TV program and is charged with “terror propaganda”, and 30 people who voiced their support for Çelik.

28 February 2017

Discharged Academic Mehmet Fatih Traş Commits Suicide

Discharged Academic Mehmet Fatih Traş Commits Suicide

Education and Science Workers' Union has announced that the discharged academic Mehmet Fatih Traş has committed suicide.

27 February 2017

Müjdat Gezen Art Center Arsonist Arrested

Müjdat Gezen Art Center Arsonist Arrested

M.A.A., who set fire to Müjdat Gezen Art Center, has been arrested after his earlier release on probation.

24 February 2017

Bosnian and Albanian Become Part of Secondary School Curriculum

Bosnian and Albanian Become Part of Secondary School Curriculum

The Ministry of National Education has added Bosnian and Albanian to the list of foreign languages which may be taught in schools.

24 February 2017

Farsi, Korean, Urdu To be Taught in Schools

Farsi, Korean, Urdu To be Taught in Schools

Ministry of National Education has added Farsi, Korean and Urdu to the list of foreign languages which could be taught in schools.

22 February 2017

Curfews Declared in 2 Neighborhoods of Mardin

Curfews Declared in 2 Neighborhoods of Mardin

Curfews have been declared in Doğanlı and Kuyular neighborhoods of Mardin’s Nusaybin district.

22 February 2017

The Film ‘Last Schnitzel’ Censored

The Film ‘Last Schnitzel’ Censored

Directors of the short film “The Last Schnitzel” have announced that some scenes needed to be taken out of the film for a “Application Registration Form” though they would not do that and the film would therefore not take place in !f İstanbul Independent Film Festival.

16 February 2017

Relatives of Martyrs Granted Right to Study At Any University

Relatives of Martyrs Granted Right to Study At Any University

Supreme Council of Education president Saraç announced martyrs’ spouses and children who are already registered at a university have been granted the right to study at any university they wish.

15 February 2017

Solidarity Call from 122 Academics from Amsterdam University with Academics of Turkey.

Solidarity Call from 122 Academics from Amsterdam University with Academics of Turkey.

122 academics from Amsterdam University have made a call for solidarity with academics of Turkey via a statement they released.

15 February 2017

Discharges of Academics by Statutory Decrees

Discharges of Academics by Statutory Decrees

312 signees of the declaration "We will not be a party to this crime" by Academics for Peace have been discharged by statutory decrees.

15 February 2017 Özgür Akkaya

We Will Return, Say Academics Expelled from Marmara University Faculty of Law

We Will Return, Say Academics Expelled from Marmara University Faculty of Law

Those who were expelled from Marmara University Faculty of Law, have been bid farewell “for a while” in a demonstration with the participation of their colleagues, students and graduates.

14 February 2017

10 Students Detained at Kocaeli University

10 Students Detained at Kocaeli University

Police have attacked the press conference to be held in Kocaeli University in support of the expelled academics. 10 students have been detained and one student’s hand has been broken.

13 February 2017 Damla Sandal

Spring Term Begins With “Big Lesson” At Ankara University

Spring Term Begins With “Big Lesson” At Ankara University

The spring term at Ankara University which had its 78 academics discharged by the last Statutory Decree has begun with the lecture “Big Lesson”.

13 February 2017

Minister Yılmaz: There are 181,000 Syrian Students at Public Schools

Minister Yılmaz: There are 181,000 Syrian Students at Public Schools

Minister of National Education İsmet Yılmaz has informed that 483,000 of the 850,000 Syrians at the age to receive education are provided education.

13 February 2017

70 People Detained in Operation in İstanbul

70 People Detained in Operation in İstanbul

70 people have been detained during an operation in İstanbul. There are HDK members among the detainees.

13 February 2017

Journalists Çelenk, Değirmenci Fired from Doğan Group

Journalists Çelenk, Değirmenci Fired from Doğan Group

Posta newspaper columnist Çelenk has been reportedly fired due to his comments on presidential system, and that Kanal D TV news reporter Değirmenci has been fired over his tweets.

13 February 2017

Police Beat, Detain Expelled Academics Rallying

Police Beat, Detain Expelled Academics Rallying

Police have prevented expelled academics and those who came to support them from entering Cebeci Campus of Ankara University. 11 people including expelled academics have been detained.

10 February 2017

Of 330 Expelled Academics 184 are Peace Declaration Signatories

Of 330 Expelled Academics 184 are Peace Declaration Signatories

184 of 330 academics who have been expelled by Statutory Decree No. 686 are peace declaration signatories. 26 of the 184 academics were previously either sacked or they resigned. The number of signatories who were expelled by the Statutory Decree reached 312.

10 February 2017

Minister of National Education: 33,065 People have been Expelled from the Ministry

Minister of National Education: 33,065 People have been Expelled from the Ministry

33,065 people have been expelled from the Ministry of National Education, 43 of them have been returned to their duties. Minister Yılmaz said they have legal grounds but didn’t explain what those grounds are.

10 February 2017

4,811 Academics from 112 Universities Discharged by 5 Statutory Decress

4,811 Academics from 112 Universities Discharged by 5 Statutory Decress

4,811 academics from 112 universities have been discharged by five Statutory Decrees. 16 of the academics have been returned to their duty by another Statutory Decree.

8 February 2017

330 Academics From 48 Universities Discharged From Public Service

330 Academics From 48 Universities Discharged From Public Service

330 academics from 48 universities have been discharged from public service by the Statutory Decree No. 686. The number of Academics discharged by statutory decrees has reached 4,811.

8 February 2017

Reactions Against Discharges of Academics: ‘Boss Has Gone Crazy’

Reactions Against Discharges of Academics: ‘Boss Has Gone Crazy’

The largest number of discharges has occurred with 78 academic discharges at Ankara University. Only four academics have been left at the Faculty of Language, History and Geography.

8 February 2017