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Turkey Detains 12 Academics Over Calls to Stop Violence Against Kurds
Turkey Detains 12 Academics Over Calls to Stop Violence Against Kurds
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Turkey Detains 12 Academics Over Calls to Stop Violence Against Kurds
09:15 GMT 15.01.2016 (Updated: 13:33 GMT 06.08.2022) Turkey launched an investigation against 21 academics on Friday for signing a petition calling for cessation of military operation in the southeast of the country, with 12 of them detained, local media reported.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the Hurriyet newspaper, police of the Turkish northwestern Kocaeli province detained all of the academics who were present at their home addresses at the time of the operation. Police are reportedly searching for the remaining nine out of the 21 accused.
The scholars are reportedly being charged with "terrorist propaganda" and insulting the Turkish nation and the state.
14 January 2016, 17:56 GMT
The Academics for Peace petition has been signed by 1,128 local and international scientists. In his speech on Tuesday, Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan referred to the signatories as to "poor excuses for intellectuals."
On Wednesday, Turkey's top higher education authority vowed to take measures against academics who signed the petition.
Violence in Turkey escalated in mid-2015, when the Turkish government launched a military campaign against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is outlawed in the country.