Universities dismissing hundreds of signatory academics following the order of President Erdoğan regarding the Peace Petition of the Academics for Peace took action against the Constitutional Court (AYM) decree this time. Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen, İstanbul Aydın, Altınbaş and İstanbul Medeniyet University Rectorates sent a petition to the Dean’s Offices to be transferred to department heads. The academics were asked to sign the petition sent, with the title, “Constitutional Court Cannot Legitimise Terrorism.” Istanbul University Rectorate launched a similar statement, entitled, “On Peace Petition, the So-Called Manifesto,” targeting the Academics for Peace.
The petition campaign, prepared by the rectorates, was signed by 1071 people. The petition text describes the Peace Petition a “So-Called Peace Petition” and the AYM decree a “scandal.” However, Dr. Şerif Eskin, Prof. Dr. Ercan Eyüboğlu and Dr. Anıl Özgüç, the academics asserted to have signed the petition, announced that their names were used without permission.
30.07.2019