Four more academics, who are on trial due to signing the petition “We will not partake in this crime” by the Academics for Peace, were convicted due to “making illegal organization propaganda.” In the hearings at Istanbul 36th and 37th Assize Courts, retired Assoc. Prof. Inci Özkan Kerestecioğlu and Dr. Biriz Berksoy from Istanbul University as well as Asst. Prof. Dr. Canay Şahin from Yıldız Teknik University and Research Member Sinem Aydınlı from Bahçeşehir University were sentenced to 1 year and three months of imprisonment each. The announcement of the verdicts were deferred.
Thus, 94 of 469 signatory academics standing trial so far were convicted. The academics were sentenced to a total of 123 years and one month of imprisonment; the sentences against 13 (19 years and eight months of imprisonment in total) were not deferred.
06.02.2019
bianet.org