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216 akademisyen siyasete, yargıya ve YÖK'e çağrı yaptı
Dünyanın farklı üniversitelerinde Osmanlı ve Türkiye tarihi üzerine çalışmalar yürüten 216 akademisyen, "Bu suça ortak olmayacağız" bildirisine imza atan 1128 meslektaşına destek açıklaması yaptı. Açıklamada, "Siyasi makamların meslektaşlarımızı 'ihanet' ve 'terörizme destek'le suçlayan kampanyalar yürütmesinden ve adli mercilerin ve YÖK'ün söz konusu öğretim üyeleri hakkında soruşturmalar açmasından büyük endişe duyuyoruz" dendi.
Aralarında iktisat profesörü Daron Acemoğlu, Osmanlı ve Türkiye tarihi hakkında birçok kitap yayımlayan Prof. Erik-Jan Zürcher, Prof. Dr. Jenny White ve Dr. Aslı Iğsız'ın da aralarında bulunduğu akademisyenler, "Türkiye Cumhuriyeti yetkililerinden akademik özgürlüğe ve ifade hürriyetine saygı duymasını bekliyoruz" dedi.
216 akademisyenin altına imzalarını attıkları bildiri şöyle:
"Aşağıda imzası bulunan bizler, Amerika’dan Asya’ya, dünyanın farklı üniversitelerinde Türkiye ve Osmanlı tarihi üzerine çalışmalar yürüten öğretim üyeleri olarak Türkiye’de akademik özgürlüklerin daralmasından derin kaygı duymaktayız. Bildiği üzere, 10 Ocak 2016’da, Türkiye’den 1128 ve ülke dışından 356 akademisyen bir bildiri imzaladılar. Bu bildiri, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devleti’ni süregelen şiddete son vermeye, yedi ilde çoğunluğu Kürt olan 1.5 milyon vatandaşı etkileyen sokağa çıkma yasaklarını kaldırmaya ve Kürt hareketiyle tekrar müzakerelere başlamaya davet etti. Biz bu bildiriyi ifade özgürlüğü çerçevesinde değerlendiriyor ve meslektaşlarımızın bu bildiriden dolayı suçlanmasını kabul etmiyoruz. Bizler, siyasi makamların meslektaşlarımızı “ihanet” ve "terörizme destek”le suçlayan kampanyalar yürütmesinden ve adli mercilerin ve Yüksek Öğretim Kurulu’nun (YÖK) söz konusu öğretim üyeleri hakkında soruşturmalar açmasından büyük endişe duyuyoruz.
"Türkiye’deki siyasi ve yargı makamlarını ve YÖK’ü evrensel standartlar çerçevesinde akademik özgürlüğe ve düşünceyi ifade hürriyetine saygı duymaya davet ediyoruz. Ayrıca, Türkiye’nin Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi’ni, İnsan Hakları Evrensel Bildirgesi’ni, Kişisel ve Siyasal Haklar Uluslararası Sözleşmesi’ni ve Avrupa Güvenlik ve İşbirliği Teşkilatı Nihai Senedi’ni imzaladığını, bu antlaşma ve, daha önemlisi, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasası’na göre, devletin, düşünce, ifade, dernek ve toplanma özgürlüklerini korumakla yükümlü olduğunu hatırlatıyor, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti yetkililerinden akademik özgürlüğe ve ifade hürriyetine saygı duymasını bekliyoruz."
Metne imzasını atan akademisyenlerin tam listesi şöyle:
Prof. Dr. Daron Acemoglu, Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, MIT, USA Dr. Can Açıksöz – University of Arizona, USA Dr. Iris Agmon - Ben Gurion University, Israel Prof Dr Samim Akgonul - University of Strasbourg, France Prof. Dr. Jun Akiba, Chiba University, Japan Dr. Yigit Akin - Tulane University, USA Dr. Karabekir Akkoyunlu - University of Graz, Austria Prof. Dr. Virginia Aksan – McMaster University, Canada Dr. Ayca Alemdaroglu – Associate Director of Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program, Northwestern University, USA Dr. Ece Algan – Director, Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, California State University at San Bernardino, USA Prof. Dr. Guillermo Algaze – University of California, San Diego, USA Prof. Walter Andrews – University of Washington, USA Dr. Sedef Arat-Koc – Ryerson University, Canada Dr. Febe Armanios – Middlebury College, USA Dr. Tuna Artun – Rutgers University, USA Dr. Senem Aslan – Bates College, USA Dr. Nurcan Atalan – Skidmore College, USA Dr. Sabri Ateş – Southern Methodist University, USA Dr. Marc Aymes – CNRS, France Dr. Kathryn Babayan – University of Michigan, USA Prof. Dr. Marc Baer – London School of Economics, UK Dr. Ulas Bagci – University of Central Florida, USA Dr. Onur Bakiner – Seattle University, USA Prof. Asli Bali – University of California, Los Angeles, USA Prof. Dr. Karl K. Barbir - Siena College, USA Dr. Betul Basaran – St. Mary’s College, USA Prof. Dr. Shahzad Bashir – Stanford University, USA Dr. Birol Başkan – Georgetown University, USA Dr. Sahar Bazzaz – College of the Holy Cross, USA Prof. Dr. Joel Beinin – Donald J. McLaclan Professor of History, Stanford University, USA Dr. Ceren Belge – Concordia University, Canada Prof. Faruk Bilici – Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, France Dr. Patricia Blessing – Society of Architectural Historians, USA Dr. Grigor Boykov – CRSA, University of Sofia, Bulgaria Prof. Dr. Hamit Bozarslan – EHESS, France Prof. Dr. Sibel Bozdogan – Harvard University, USA Dr. Marcy Brink-Danan – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Prof. Dr. Petra de Bruijn – Leiden University, Netherlands Prof. Dr. Palmira Brummett – Brown University, USA Dr. Guy Burak, New York University, USA Dr. Rebecca Bryant – London School of Economics, UK Dr. Michelle Campos – University of Florida, USA Dr. Lale Can – City University of New York, USA Dr. Giancarlo Casale – University of Minnesota, USA Dr. Sinem Casale – University of Minnesota, USA Dr. Erdem Çıpa – University of Michigan, USA Dr. Natalie Clayer – CNRS-EHESS, France Prof. Dr. Juan Cole, University of Michigan, USA Dr. Robert Crews – Stanford University, USA Dr. Ferenc Csirkés – Tübingen University, Germany Prof. Dr. Jocelyne Dakhlia – EHESS, France Dr. Rosito D’Amora – University del Salento, Italy Emeritus Prof. Robert Dankoff – University of Chicago, USA Dr. Yorgos Dedes – School of Oriental and African Studies, UK Emerita Professor Dr. Carol Delaney – Stanford University, USA Prof. Dr. Devin DeWeese – Indiana University, USA Emeritus Professor Dr. Arif Dirlik – University of Oregon, USA Prof. Dr. Beshara Doumani - Joukowsky Family Distinguished Professor of Modern Middle East History, Brown University, USA Dr. Markus Dressler – University of Bayreuth, Germany Dr. Vera Eccarius-Kelly -- Siena College, USA Dr. Howard Eissenstat – St. Lawrence University, USA Dr. Lerna Ekmecioglu – McMillan-Stewart Associate Professor of History, MIT, USA Dr. Evrim Emir-Sayers – San Francisco State University, USA Dr. Bogac Ergene - University of Vermont, USA Prof. Carl Ernst – Kenan Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, University of California at Chapel Hill, USA Dr. Sinem Eryilmaz, CSIC, Madrid, Spain Dr. Tolga Esmer – Central European University, Hungary Dr. Kristin Fabbe – Harvard University, USA Prof. Dr. Khaled Fahmy – Harvard University, USA and American University in Cairo, Egypt Dr. Heather Ferguson – Claremont McKenna College, USA Dr. Emine Fetvaci – Boston University, USA Emeritus Professor Dr. Carter Findley – Humanities Distinguished Professor in History, Ohio State University, USA Prof. Dr. Cornell Fleischer – Kanuni Suleyman Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies, University of Chicago, USA Dr. Benoit Fliche – CNRS, France Prof. Dr. Ben Fortna – University of Arizona, USA Dr. Elizabeth Frierson – University of Cincinnati, USA Prof. Nancy Gallagher – University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Dr. Pascale Ghazaleh – The American University in Cairo, Egypt Prof. Dr. Fatma Muge Gocek – University of Michigan, USA Dr. Banu Gokariksel – University of North Carolina, USA Emeritus Professor Dr. Peter B. Golden – Rutgers University, USA Dr. Rachel Goshgarian – Lafayette College, USA Prof. Dr. Rossitsa Gradeva – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and American University in Bulgaria Prof. Dr. Molly Greene – Princeton University, USA Prof. Dr. Alexander H. de Groot – Leiden University, Netherlands Dr. Mehmet Gurses – Florida Atlantic University, USA Dr. Gottfried Hagen – University of Michigan, USA Prof. Dr. Shirine Hamadeh – Rice University, USA Prof. Dr. Jane Hathaway – Ohio State University, USA Dr. Beatrice Hendrich – University of Cologne, Germany Dr. David Henig – University of Kent, USA Prof. Dr. Bernard Heyberger – Directeur d’études, EHESS, France Prof. Dr. Colin Heywood – University of London, UK Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Hurd – Northwestern University, USA Dr. Asli Igsiz – New York University, USA Prof. Dr. Colin Imber – University of Manchester, UK Dr. Katharina Ivanyi – Columbia University, USA Dr. Ralph Jaeckel – University of California, Los Angeles, USA Prof. Dr. Cemal Kafadar – Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Harvard University, USA Dr. Efthymia Kanner – University of Athens, Greece Dr. Ayfer Karakaya-Stump – The College of William and Mary, USA Prof. Dr. Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Maryland University, USA Prof. Dr. Hakan Karateke, University of Chicago, USA Prof. Dr. Resat Kasaba – Stanley D. Golub Professor of International Studies, University of Washington, USA Dr. Dimitris Kastritsis, St. Andrews University, UK Dr. Zeynep Kaya – London School of Economics, UK Dr. Hasan Kayali – University of California, San Diego, USA Dr. Michael Kemper – University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Dr. Zeynep Kezer – Newcastle University, UK Prof. Dr. Dina Khoury, Elliot School of International Affairs and George Washington University, USA Dr. Ilham Khuri-Makdisi – Northeastern University, USA Prof. Dr. Hans-Lukas Kieser – University of New Castle, Australia Dr. Ramazan Kilinc – University of Nebraska, USA Dr. Mariya Kiprovska – CRSA, University of Sofia, Bulgaria Dr. İpek Kocaomer Yosmaoğlu – Northwestern University, USA Prof. Dr. Markus Koller – Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany Prof. Dariusz Kolodiejczyk – University of Warsaw and the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; Honorary Member of Turkish Historical Society (TTK) Dr. Elias Kolovos – University of Crete, Greece Dr. Zeynep Korkman – University of Arizona, USA Prof. Dr. Yavuz Kose – University of Hamburg, Germany Dr. Tijana Krstic – Central European University, Hungary Dr. Harun Kucuk – University of Pennsylvania, USA Dr. Paul Kubicek – Oakland University, USA Prof. Dr. Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Political Science and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies, Duke University, USA Dr. Vjeran Kursar, University of Zagreb, Croatia Dr. Ahmet Kuru – San Diego State University, USA Prof. Dr. Selim Sirri Kuru – University of Washington, USA Dr. Paul Levin – Stockholm University, Sweden Prof. Dr. Mark Levine – University of California, Irvine, USA Dr. Darina Martykánová – Universidad Autonóma de Madrid, Spain Dr. Morgan Y. 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Natalie Rothman – University of Toronto, Canada Dr. David Romano – Missouri State University, USA Dr. Avi Rubin – Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Prof. Dr. Khaled El-Rouayheb, James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic and of Islamic Intellectual History, Harvard University, USA. Dr. Kim Rygial – Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Dr. Hanan Sabea – American University in Cairo, Cairo Dr. Dana Sajdi – Boston College, USA Dr. Adam Sabra – University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Dr. İbrahim Kaya Şahin – Indiana University Bloomington, USA Dr. Christa Salamandra – City University of New York, USA Dr. Ariel Salzmann – Queen's University, Canada Dr. Safa Saracoglu – Bloomsbury University, USA Dr. Marinos Sariyannis – Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FORTH, Greece Dr. Hakan Seckinelgin, London School of Economics, UK Dr. David Selim Sayers – San Francisco State University, USA Dr. Jan Schmidt – Leiden University, Netherlands Dr. Kent Schull – SUNY, Binghamton, USA Dr. Anna Secor – University of Kentucky, USA Dr. Günter Seufert – German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany Dr. Prakash Shahah – Queen Mary, University of London, UK Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Shakman-Hurd – Northwestern University, USA Prof. Dr. Wendy Shaw – Freie University, Germany. 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