Esra Demir-Gürsel: A Brief Note on the "Crime" Allegedly Committed by the Academics for Peace: Propaganda for a Terrorist Organization or Degrading the State of Turkish Republic?

by Esra Demir-Gürsel, Ph.D. Immediately after the release of the peace petition[1] by the Academics for Peace on January 11, 2016, high-rank state officials and the media accused the signatories of the petition of making propaganda in support of a terrorist organization and of insulting the state. When a criminal investigation was initiated and the signatories were invited by the police to give their statements, the accusation against them was not yet defined. However, the questions posed dur..