14 October 2020 The new bill of indictment issued by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against Osman Kavala, a defender of human rights and peace, was accepted by the Istanbul 36th High Criminal…
Osman Kavala Trial examined at an International Book Talk via Zoom April 20, 2020, New York Research Institute on Turkey (RIT), Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project (TLSP) and Osman Kavala Solidarity Team organized…
Translators note: The emphasizes are adopted from the original version of the texts. Except for several minor paraphrases and some sentences rearranged in order to make the text more comprehensible, the translation follows nearly…
On December 25, 2017, during the fifth hearing at the Cumhuriyet case, Ahmet Şık was interrupted and removed from the courtroom after 2 minutes into his statement. The removal was based on Article 209…
Solidarity Call for the Academics for Peace on Trial
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Academics for Peace in North America call for solidarity: “Violations of academic freedom and freedom of speech in Turkey have reached a dire situation. The intimidations from Turkish government and its affiliates toward academics…
FAQ on Solidarity with the Academics in Turkey
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Below are the 10 FAQs about the ‘what’s, ‘why’s and ‘how’s of the most recent call that we extend to the international academic community to support the academics in Turkey who have been…
Ahmet Şık’s statement at the hearing of the July 27, 2017 Cumhuriyet Trial
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I will begin with a quote from the prologue of my book “We walked together on these parallel roads” published three years ago in 2014. The introduction of this investigative research describes how…