Carta abierta en apoyo a los académicos detenidos en Turquía

Como académicos asociados con diferentes universidades internacionales, estamos muy perturbados por las recientes detenciones de académicos que se han pronunciado contra las atrocidades que comete el Estado turco contra los kurdos de Turquía.

1.128 ‘Académicos por la Paz’ turcos y kurdos firmaron originalmente la declaración «No vamos a ser parte de este crimen«, pidiendo al gobierno turco el cese las hostilidades contra la población kurda. Desde la publicación de esta declaración, estos académicos han sido objeto de una campaña sostenida de abuso y violencia por el Estado turco y sus partidarios.

En discursos recientes, el presidente Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ha denunciado públicamente estos académicos. Posteriormente, los fiscales han comenzado los procedimientos para acusar a los 1128 firmantes originales de «hacer propaganda de una organización terrorista» y «abiertamente insultar a la nación turca, el Estado de la República de Turquía, la Gran Asamblea Nacional de Turquía, el Gobierno de la República de Turquía y los órganos judiciales del Estado «.

Esto ha dado lugar a la detención de 22 académicos (en el momento de escribir este comunicado). Si se les decarase culpables de estos cargos podrían enfrentarse de uno a cinco años de prisión. La legitimidad de las detenciones ya ha sido cuestionada por expertos legales prominentes y se describe como decisiones «extra-legales«. Los firmantes también han sid expuestos públicamente en la prensa y redes sociales por partidarios del gobierno y los nacionalistas, dando lugar a temores de represalias por parte de los fascistas que han declarado que van a «derramar la sangre» de los firmantes. Muchos de los firmantes también se enfrentan a procedimientos disciplinarios y los posibles despidos de sus instituciones.

Estos actos injustos se están desarrollando en un contexto de continua violencia estatal contra poblaciń kurda – sólo en diciembre másde 100 kurdos murieron como resultado de las operaciones militares llevadas a cabo por el Estado turco. Desde agosto de 2015 han sido 52 los toques de queda impuestas a más de un millón de habitantes en el sureste de Turquía. En tal contexto, la fuerte represión a la libertad académica constituye otra muestra del profundo autoritarismo del Estado turco que incluye ataques no sólo aacadémicos, sino también el encarcelamiento y muertes de periodistas, abogados y activistas.

Hacemos un llamado al gobierno de Turquía a retirar los cargos inmediatamente y a poner en libertad a los encarcelados respetando los principios de la libertad académica y la libertad de expresión. Reafirmamos nuestro apoyoa la llamada a la Paz realizada por los académicos, y exigimos al Gobierno turco el cese de hostilidades contra los kurdos.

 

 

Para firmar esta declaración, por favor escriba su nombre y afiliación institucional a ukacademicsforpeace@gmail.com

Signantes:

1. Professor Alfredo Saad Filho, SOAS University of London

2. Professor Mark Hobart, SOAS University of London

3. Professor Jonathan Goodhand, University of Melbourne

4. Professor Ben Fine, SOAS University of London

5. Professor Derek Sayer, Lancaster University

6. Professor Helen Graham, Royal Holloway University of London

7. Professor Michelle Pace, University of Birmingham

8. Professor Machiko Nissankr, SOAS University of London

9. Professor Laleh Khalili, SOAS University of London

10. Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, SOAS University of London

11. Professor Nadje Al-Ali, SOAS University of London

12. Dr Satoshi Miyamura, SOAS University of London

13. Professor Ray Bush, University of Leeds

14. Professor Luke Martell, University of Sussex

15. Professor Duncan McCargo, University of Leeds

16. Professor Vassilis K. Fouskas, University of East London

17. Professor Penny Green, Queen Mary University of London

18. Professor Geoffrey Whitehall, Acadia University

19. Professor Lynne Segal, Birkbeck College, University of London

20. Professor Tithi Bhattacharya, Purdue University

21. Professor Yosefa Loshitzky, SOAS, University of London

22. Professor Melanie Simms, University of Leicester

23. Professor Peter Milne, University of Stirling

24. Professor Patricia Owens, University of Sussex

25. Professor Roger Bromley, The University of Nottingham

26. Prof. Haim Bresheeth, SOAS University of London

27. Professor Rosemary Deem, Royal Holloway University of London

28. Professor Lyn Thomas, University of Sussex

29. Professor Richard Fardon, SOAS University of London

30. Professor Stijn Smismans, Cardiff University

31. Professor ​ Ian Grigg-Spall

32. Professor Sally R Munt, University of Sussex

33. Professor Sorin Baiasu, Keele University

34. Professor Jonathan Oppenheim, University College London

35. Professor Richard Cleminson, University of Leeds

36. Professor John Sidel, London School of Economics and Political Science

37. Professor Alexander Bird, University of Bristol

38. Professor Steven French, University of Leeds

39. Professor Matthew Kramer, University of Cambridge

40. Professor Alex Callinicos, King’s College London

41. Professor Shirin M. Rai, University of Warwick

42. Professor Michael Patterson

43. Professor Mirjana Najchevska, University «Ss. Cyril and Methodius»

44. Professor Kevin P Clements, University of Otago

45. Professor John O’Brennan, Maynooth University

46. Professor Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London

47. Professor Ozlem Onaran, University of Greenwich

48. Professor Chris Ealham, Saint Louis University

49. Professor Aigli Papantonopoulou, The College of New Jersey

50. Professor Stijn Smismans, Cardiff University

51. Professor Haim Bresheeth, SOAS University of London

52. Dr Devon Curtis University of Cambridge

53. Dr. Keya Anjaria, SOAS University of London

54. Dr. Matthew J. Nelson, SOAS University of London

55. Dr Subir Sinha, SOAS University of London

56. Dr Radu Leca, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

57. Dr Kate Tunstall, University of Oxford

58. Dr. Esther Peeren, University of Amsterdam

59. Dr Adam Hanieh, SOAS University of London

60. Dr Eddie Bruce-Jones, Birkbeck College, University of London

61. Dr Alex Prichard, University of Exeter

62. Dr Kerem Nisancioglu, SOAS University of London

63. Dr Stefano Pagliari, City Univeristy

64. Dr Kamran Matin, University of Sussex

65. Dr Catherine Baker, University of Hull

66. Dr Yoke-Sum Wong, Lancaster University

67. Dr Barry J Ryan, Keele University

68. Dr Mazen Masri, City University London

69. Dr Jeffery R. Webber, Queen Mary University of London

70. Dr Ian Bruff, University of Manchester

71. Dr Stefanie Ortmann, University of Sussex

72. Dr Maïa Pal, Oxford Brookes University

73. Dr. Richard Witts,Edge Hill University

74. Dr Rebecca Marsland, University of Edinburgh

75. Dr Alexandria J Innes, University of East Anglia

76. Dr M. Lynne Murphy, University of Sussex

77. Dr Marina Calculli, George Washington University

78. Dr. Becky Jinks, University of Exeter

79. Dr Stuart Shields, University of Manchester

80. Dr Huseyin Dogan, Bournemouth University

81. Dr James McDougall, University of Oxford

82. Dr Justin Meggitt, University of Cambridge

83. Dr Nicola Pratt, University of Warwick

84. Dr Björn Heile, University of Glasgow

85. Dr Giuseppina D’Oro, Keele University

86. Dr Tony Ward, University of Hull

87. Dr. Catherine Goetze, University of Sussex

88. Dr Senija Čaušević, SOAS, University of London

89. Dr Robert Topinka, University of East Anglia

90. Dr Maurice Stierl, University of California

91. Dr. Vassilis Varouhakis, University of East London

92. Dr. Sivamohan Valluvan, University of Manchester

93. Dr Michael Buehler, SOAS, University of London

94. Dr. Owen Parker, University of Sheffield

95. Dr Anke Marsh, University College London

96. Dr Simon Behrman, University of East Anglia

97. Dr Sharri Plonski, SOAS, University of London

98. Dr Eva Duran Eppler, University of Roehampton

99. Dr Christian G. De Vito, University of Leicester

100. Dr Ayse Zarakol, University of Cambridge

101. Dr Justin Pearce, University of Cambridge

102. Dr Michelle Obeid, University of Manchester

103. Dr Peter Kennedy, Glasgow Caledonian University

104. Dr Ola Johansson, Middlesex University

105. Dr. Sergey Abashin, European University at St. Petersburg

106. Dr Tarak Barkawi, London School of Economics

107. Dr Thomas Marois, SOAS, University of London

108. Dr Melanie Richter-Montpetit, University of Sheffield

109. Dr Feyzi Ismail, SOAS University of London

110. Dr Demetris Zavros, University of Wolverhampton

111. Dr Christos Astaras, University of Oxford

112. Dr Francesca Di Pasquale, Niod – Amsterdam

113. Dr Seevan Saeed, University of Exeter

114. Dr Felix Berenskoetter, SOAS, University of London

115. Dr Naomi van Steenbergen, University of Essex

116. Dr Luke Yates, University of Manchester

117. Dr Maha Abdelrahman, University of Cambridge

118. Dr Aggie Hirst, City University London

119. Dr Orieb Masadeh-Tate, University of Salford

120. Dr Christian Emery, University of Plymouth

121. Dr Paul Kirby, University of Sussex

122. Dr Nazand Begikhani, University of Bristol

123. Dr Richard Lane, University of Sussex

124. Dr Latif Tas, SOAS, University of London

125. Dr Nicole Wolf, Goldsmiths, University of London

126. Dr Ayça Çubukçu, London School of Economics

127. Dr Gavin Grindon, University of Essex

128. Dr Rashné Limki, University of Essex

129. Dr Kevin Gillan, University of Manchester

130. Dr Joanna Boehnert, University of Westminster

131. Dr Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad, University of Nottingham

132. Dr Uri Gordon, Lecturer in Politics, Loughborough University

133. Dr Chris Rossdale, University of Warwick

134. Dr Joshua Edelman, Manchester Metropolitan University

135. Dr Cristina María Flesher Fominaya, University of Aberdeen

136. Dr Christopher Brooke, University of Cambridge

137. Dr Sîan Hawthorne, SOAS, University of London

138. Dr Judith Suissa, University College London, Institute of Education

139. Dr Margarita Nazou, Ghent University

140. Dr Ros Gray, Goldsmiths, University of London

141. Dr Noel Cass, Lancaster University

142. Dr Adam Stock, York St John University

143. Dr Kerry Burton, University of the West of England

144. Dr Prakash Shah, Queen Mary, University of London

145. Dr Elisa Wynne-Hughes, Cardiff University

146. Dr Reima Ana Maglajlic, University of Sussex

147. Dr Susan Kelly, Senior Lecturer Fine Art, Goldsmiths College

148. Dr Benjamin Franks, University of Glasgow

149. Dr Charles Jones, University of Cambridge

150. Dr Bushra Connors, University of Hertfordshire

151. Dr James Eastwood, SOAS University of London

152. Dr Jörg Schaub, University of Essex

153. Dr Catherine Gegout, University of Nottingham

154. Dr Umit Cetin, University of Westminster

155. Dr Jason Read, University of Southern Maine

156. Dr Manuel Arroyo-Kalin, University College London

157. Dr Angela Last, University of Glasgow

158. Dr Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, Loughborough University

159. Dr. Jack Saunders, University of Warwick.

160. Dr Umut Erel, Open University

161. Dr Janroj Yilmaz Keles, Middlesex University

162. Dr Amelie Summer, University of Edinburgh

163. Dr Iza Hussin, University of Cambridge

164. Dr. Michiel van Ingen, University of Westminster

165. Dr Ashok Kumar, Queen Mary, University of London

166. Dr. Saladin Meckled-Garcia, University College London

167. Dr Sarah Demelo, University of Essex

168. Dr Nicholas Cimini, Edinburgh Napier University

169. Dr Ursula Rothe, The Open University

170. Dr. Róisín O’Gorman, University College Cork

171. Dr Sara Stevano, SOAS University of London

172. Dr Hannah Dee, Aberystwyth University

173. Dr Lazaros Karaliotas, University of Glasgow

174. Dr Nitasha Kaul, University of Westminster

175. Dr Brenna Bhandar, SOAS University of London

176. Dr Vicki Squire, University of Warwick

177. Dr. Veli Yadirgi, SOAS, University of London

178. Dr. Georgios Tsagdis, University of Westminster

179. Dr Rahul Rao, SOAS, University of London

180. Dr Victoria M Basham, Cardiff University

181. Dr llan rua Wall, University of Warwick.

182. Dr Andy Fugard, University College London

183. Dr Robbie Shilliam, Queen Mary University of London

184. Dr Bethan Harries, University of Manchester

185. Dr Sara Hannam, Oxford Brookes University

186. Dr Giulia Liberatore, University of Oxford

187. Dr Özlem Belçim Galip, University of Oxford

188. Dr. Shela Sheikh, Goldsmiths, University of London

189. Dr Umberto Albarella, University of Sheffield

190. Dr Cigdem Esin University of East London

191. Dr Roberto Rinaldi, Stockholm Environment Institute – York centre

192. Dr Claudio Sopranzetti, University of Oxford

193. Dr Sam Adelman, University of Warwick

194. Dr Houshang Ardavan, University of Cambridge

195. Dr. Angela Joya, University of Oregon

196. Dr Dilan Roshani, University of Nottingham

197. Dr Andy Abbott, University of Bradford

198. Dr Michelle Lefevre, University of Sussex

199. Dr. Alisa Lebow, University of Sussex

200. Dr Kathryn Telling, University of Manchester

201. Dr Sophie van Huellen, School of Oriental and African Studies

202. Dr Yorgos Dedes, School of Oriental and African Studies

203. Dr Jonathan Havercroft, University of Southampton

204. Dr Meera Sabaratnam, SOAS, University of London

205. Dr Jens Lerche, SOAS, University of London

206. Dr Reem Abou-El-Fadl, SOAS, University of London

207. Dr Simon Pirani, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

208. Dr. Stuart White, University of Oxford

209. Dr Stevphen Shukaitis, University of Essex

210. Dr Mark Zeitoun, University of East Anglia.

211. Dr Dibyesh Anand, University of Westminster

212. Andres Saenz De Sicilia, Kingston University

213. Vassilios Bogiatzis, Hellenic Open University

214. Noel Douglas, University of Bedfordshire

215. Winnie Chan, University of Warwick

216. Ntina Tzouvala, University of Durham

217. Katia Valenzuela, University of Nottingham

218. Charlie Kirk, Essex University

219. Nicholas Beuret, University of Leicester

220. Gitanjali Pyndiah, Goldsmiths University of London

221. Sean Wallis, University College London

222. Sam Dolbear, Birkbeck College, University of London

223. Craig Gent, University of Warwick

224. Sarah Burton, Goldsmiths, University of London

225. Didem Derya Özdemir Kaya, University of Warwick

226. Mandy Rose, University of the West of England

227. Ümit Yıldız, Edge Hill University

228. Charlotte Grace, Oxford Brookes

229. Jonny McIntosh, University of Oxford

230. Koshka Duff, University of Sussex

231. Mark Bergfeld, Queen Mary University of London

232. Mike Cushman, London School of Economics

233. Mariama Sheriff, Oxford Brookes University

234. Bilal Zenab Ahmed, SOAS University of London

235. Pedro Mendes Loureiro, SOAS, University of London

236. Bruno Bonizzi, SOAS University of London

237. Victoria B-G Stadheim, SOAS University of London

238. Birgul Yilmaz, SOAS University of London

239. Oana Parvan, Goldsmiths University of London

240. Sarah Irving, University of Edinburgh

241. Tobias Franz, SOAS University of London

242. İrem Taşçıoğlu, Goldsmiths, University of London

243. Musab Younis, University of Oxford/ SOAS University of London

244. Ilias Alami, University of Manchester

245. Nick Srnicek, University of Westminster

246. Somayeh Rostampour, University of Paris 8

247. Matt Mahon, University College London

248. Richard McDonald, London School of Economics

249. Tom Allen, University of Sussex

250. Anna Grigoryeva, University of Cambridge

251. Hugh Sillitoe, University of Glasgow

252. Marija Krnic, University of Warwick

253. Ed Luker, Northumbria University

254. Louis Goddard, University of Sussex

255. Ava Hunt, University of Derby

256. Colin Barker, Manchester Metropolitan University

257. Peter Hill, University of Oxford

258. Adrian Wilson, London School of Economics

259. Gabriel Varghese, University of Exeter

260. Abdalkareem Atteh, University of Essex

261. Tom Cutterham, University of Oxford

262. Joe Hayns-Worthington, University of Oxford

263. ​Simon Thorpe, University of Warwick

264. Evelina Gambino, University of Nottingham

265. Josh Bullock, Birkbeck College, University of London

266. Serap Saritas, SOAS University of London

267. David Thomas, Birkbeck College, University of London

268. Lana Askari, University of Manchester

269. Serena Merrino, SOAS, University of London

270. Jordan Mckenzie, Camberwell College of Art

271. Ceylan Begüm Yıldız, Birkbeck University of London

272. Morgan Potts, The British Association of Korean Studies

273. Morris Brodie, Queen’s University Belfast

274. Ben Towse, University College London

275. Parvathi Raman, SOAS University of London

276. Owain James, University of Edinburgh

277. Lisa Tilley, University of Warwick

278. Baris Celiloglu, Sir George Monoux College

279. Juliette Harkin, University of East Anglia

280. Nithya Natarajan, SOAS University of London

281. Marta Wojciechowska, London School of Economics

282. Stefania Placenti, University of Bristol

283. Afroditi Koukoutsaki, Panteion University

284. Mohammed Elnaiem, Bucknell University

285. Christian Scholz, University of Manchester

286. Lesley Kane, Open University

287. Caoimhe Mader McGuinness, Queen Mary University of London

288. Rehana Zaman, Goldsmiths College, University of London

289. Catherine Cobham, University of St Andrews

290. Orestis Varkarolis, Nottingham Trent University

291. Erol Saglam, Birkbeck College, University of London

292. Tomaso Ferrando, Warwick Law School

293. Dan Stowell, Queen Mary, University of London

294. Uli Beisel, Bayreuth University

295. Albert Takashi Richters, TU Delft Faculty of Architecture

296. Rose-Anne Gush, University of Leeds

297. Fiona Barakat, Westminster Kingsway College

298. Keith Somerville, University of Kent

299. Thomas Phillips, University of Liverpool