An İstanbul court on Monday handed down suspended sentences of one year, three months to three Turkish academics on terrorism charges resulting from signing a 2016 peace petition calling for an end to state violence against Turkey’s Kurds. Associate Prof. Dr. Erhan Keleşoğlu, dismissed from İstanbul University, Research Fellow İrfan Emre Kovankaya, dismissed from Yıldız … Continue reading Turkish court hands down suspended 15-month sentences to 3 academics over peace petition