A professor in Turkey has been charged with libel for criticizing a local political leader and his municipal policies.
Ali Ekber Doğan, a Turkish scholar of urban ecology and political science, has been charged with libel for criticizing a local political leader and his municipal policies. Doğan’s colleagues, also active in social and ecological struggles in Turkey, are calling on fellow scholars and students to sign a petition demanding that the indictment be dropped in the name of academic freedom and freedom of research.
http://socialistworker.org/2014/08/27/matter-of-academic-freedom
Petition: For International Solidarity with Ali Ekber Doğan
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