24 academics detained in Kocaeli and Bolu

Signing the declaration titled as “We won't be accomplices to this crime”, 21 academics from Kocaeli University and 3 academics from Abant İzzet Baysal University are detained.

Signing the declaration titled as “We won't be accomplices to this crime”, 21 academics from Kocaeli University and 3 academics from Abant İzzet Baysal University are detained.

Speaking to Agos, lawyer Elvan Olkun from Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) Kocaeli Branch said that 12 academics are taken up to now. Stating that academics in Kocaeli were taken from their houses or from the university early in this morning, Olkun also said that some academics who came to Kocaeli from Istanbul for supporting their colleagues were also detained.

She stated that detained academics are in Kocaeli Provincial Directorate of Security.

According to Bolu Olay newspaper's report, houses of Dr. Ülkü Güney, Assoc. Prof. Selime Güzelsarı and Prof. Dr. Barış Kılıçbay were raided this morning.

As part of the investigation carried by Kocaeli Public Prosecutor's Office, detention orders were issued for 21 academics on the ground that “they openly insulted Turkish nation, Turkish state, Turkish parliament, Turkish government and judicial bodies of the state” and “made propaganda for the terrorist organization.”

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