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More vicious mischief in Turkey

MOVING TO FRON FROM YESTERDAY–UPDATED

My source in Turkey (who, for obvious reasons, does not want to be identified) writes:

We have some more horrible news. One of Boğaziçi's undergraduate philosophy students, Jülide Yazıcı, was arrested, along with 3 other students, and has apparently already been charged with the extremely serious charge of "being a member of a terrorist organisation". She had been posting in support of faculty under attack. 

I'm trying to find out more about the other 2 students. One of them is from Bilgi University, the other one is from Bogazici too, named Heja Türk; nephew of Ahmet Türk, one of the most famous Kurdish politicians.

6 were detained in a police operation involving house raids in İstanbul two days ago. Out of the detainees, 4 students were arrested with charges of “being a member of a terrorist organization” and “making terrorist propaganda”. The names and affiliations of those arrested are as follows: -Jülide Yazıcı, Boğaziçi University Philosophy Undergraduate Student. She lately supported a petition in Philosophy Department to support 'Academics for Peace'. -Heja Türk, Boğaziçi University, Western Languages and Literature Graduate -Mehtap Demirci -Çağrı Kurt, Bilgi University, Political Science

I believe all 4 are still in custody.

Comments are open for more information and links.

UPDATE:  More information here and commentary here.

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2 responses to “More vicious mischief in Turkey”

  1. The prosecution against the signatories of the "Academics for Peace" petition is gaining its own momentum and now even solidarity actions in support of them (the most likely reason for my friend Julide's arrest) expose one to charges of "being a member of a terrorist organization" or "spreading terrorist propaganda." I do not know about the other arrested students, but here's a petition calling for Julide's release: http://dailynous.com/2016/01/31/philosophy-student-arrested-in-turkey (link in the second paragraph).

  2. I am a political theorist and I was fired by Mugla University because I was commenting on Turkey's crackdown on academics. Please read the story here: http://bianet.org/english/human-rights/171584-situation-of-academia-in-turkey-reminds-me-of-ceausescu-s-romania

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