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Turkish Historian Arrested for "Insulting The President"
Çiğdem Bayraktar Ör, is a historian and political commentator that regularly appears on TV. Photo Credit: Bianet . Çiğdem Bayraktar Ör, a...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Feb 42 min read


Prominent Sociologist Detained in Turkey Over Field Research
Photo credit: Duvar English On March 23, Nükhet Sirman, a prominent Professor of sociology was detained in Istanbul, Turkey by the...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Mar 27, 20242 min read


Geophysicist Detained for Social Media Post
Photo credit: Duvar English In the aftermath of the two earthquakes that hit Southeastern Turkey and Northern Syria on February 6, 2023,...
Dolunay Bulut
Apr 12, 20232 min read


Turkey Detains Forensic Scientist and Peace Academic
Photo credit: Bianet On October 26, 2022, Sebnem Korur Fincanci, internationally renowned professor emeritus of forensic medicine and the...
Dolunay Bulut
Nov 6, 20222 min read


Turkish Police Attacked Students Marching for Pride Month
As the Pride Month has been acknowledged and celebrated worldwide, the Turkish government, among many other authoritarian regimes, has...
Dolunay Bulut
Jun 23, 20222 min read


A Travesty of Justice: Turkey Imprisons Prominent Civil Society Activists For Life
On April 25, 2022, toward the ninth anniversary of the Gezi Park protests in Turkey, the final hearing of the Gezi trial took place. The...
Dolunay Bulut
May 27, 20223 min read


Judge to Violate Constitutional Rights in Trial of Bogazici University Students
As the Bogazici resistance marked one year in January 2022, there were protests both in the university and in front of the Silivri Prison...
Zeynep Guney
Apr 20, 20222 min read


Bogazici Continues to Resist Under Government Attacks
What has been happening at Boğaziçi University since early 2021 perfectly epitomizes the Erdogan government’s systematic attacks on...
Zeynep Guney
Apr 20, 20222 min read


Turkey’s Emergency Commission Denies Appeals from Peace Academics
"We will get back our usurped rights" || Photo credit: Bianet Since 2016, thousands of Peace Academics along with journalists, political...
Dolunay Bulut
Dec 17, 20212 min read


Boğaziçi University Call for Solidarity: Beginning the 2021 Academic Year Under Assault
As the government assault on Boğaziçi University continues to escalate, Boğaziçi faculty penned a letter printed below summarizing the...
Bogazici University Academics
Nov 3, 20214 min read


Boğaziçi Campus Raided by Riot Police
The tension between the student protesters and the appointed rector of Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University continues to escalate. On...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 27, 20212 min read


Turkish Constitutional Court Ruled in Favor of Dismissed Peace Academic
On September 11, 2021, Turkey’s Constitutional Court, the highest court of the country, came to a decision regarding the individual...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 16, 20212 min read


Turkish Court Approves Release under Travel Ban for Four Bogazici Protesters
As protests against the illegitimate rector appointment continue in Istanbul, the tension between the Turkish government and Bogazici...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 16, 20212 min read


Resistance of Bogazici Students and Faculty Continues
The second round of 97 Bogazici student trials on charges of resistance to law enforcement and bringing guns to a peaceful protest was...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 11, 20211 min read


Turkish Government Prosecutes Four Bogazici Students for Inciting Enmity
Photo credit: Bianet Since the illegitimate appointment of Professor Melih Bulu on January 2, 2021, as the president of Bogazici...
Dolunay Bulut
Jan 31, 20212 min read


The AKP Government Appointed Party Loyalist as the New President of Bogazici University
Photo Credit: Bianet Amid the escalating economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, the AKP government in Turkey tightens its...
Dolunay Bulut
Jan 10, 20211 min read


Turkey Resumes Academic Purge amid Pandemic
Photo credit: Bianet On Friday, September 25, 2020, Professor Emine Beyza Ustun, civil engineer and the 25th parliamentary term HDP...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 16, 20203 min read


NASA Scientist Returned to the US After Four Years of Imprisonment
Serkan Golge, a 40-year old NASA scientist who was arrested in Turkey shortly after the failed coup attempt in July 2016, safely returned...
Dolunay Bulut
Aug 16, 20202 min read


BİRARADA Academy: Peace Scholars Launch Exciting New Project in Turkey
On June 3, 2020, a group of Peace scholars in Turkey launched BİRARADA Academy in collaboration with international and local networks of...
Dolunay Bulut
Jul 8, 20202 min read


Peace Scholar Stranded in Turkey Despite Acquittal of Charges
On June 29, 2020, Tuna Altınel, mathematician at Lyon-1 University in France and a signatory to the Academics for Peace letter, informed...
Dolunay Bulut
Jul 8, 20202 min read
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