Written by : Noemi Levy-Aksu
Academic’s indictment reflects the Turkish government’s criminalisation of free speech
Despite the lifting of the state of emergency in July, arbitrary arrests and human rights violations continue. War abroad, repression at home: Turkey’s academics and students caught up in new wave of arrests
Since Turkey launched a military operation in Afrin, northern Syria, in January, state repression against critical voices has escalated. Turkey’s politically motivated trials: Targeting Academics for Peace
Since January 2016 the Academics for Peace case has become one of the symbols of the crackdown on democracy in Turkey. 
