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<p>Cynthia, I hope you can encourage response to this urgent appeal
from Turkey. As you'll see, there is not a petition attached.
Rather they are hoping for "statements in support of academics"
sent to government an higher education officials. Thanks, Natalie<br>
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<td>Purge of 44 "Academics for Peace" by "State of
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<td>Sun, 4 Sep 2016 13:21:18 +0300</td>
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<td>Ayse Erzan <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ayseerzan1@gmail.com"><ayseerzan1@gmail.com></a></td>
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<td>Patty Evers <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:PEvers@nas.edu"><PEvers@nas.edu></a>, Carol Corillon
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:CCorillo@nas.edu"><CCorillo@nas.edu></a>, Carol Valoris
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:CarolValoris@concernedscientists.org"><CarolValoris@concernedscientists.org></a>, Joel
Lebowitz <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lebowitz@math.rutgers.edu"><lebowitz@math.rutgers.edu></a>, Edouard Brezin
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:brezin@lpt.ens.fr"><brezin@lpt.ens.fr></a></td>
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Dear Friends,
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<div>Attached please find a call for solidarity with 44
academics, signatories of the "We shall not be party to this
crime" statement in January 2016, who were now dismissed and
banned from public service by a midnight decree on 1 September
2016, together with 2300 other academics and a total of 40 000
public employees, with the claim (for which no evidence has
been cited) of having "supported terrorism."</div>
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<div>The call, issued by the "Academics for Peace"
collective, invites you to publish statements in support of
academics in Turkey, and also send them to government and to
higher education officials. The call (in French as well as in
English) may also be found on the web,</div>
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href="https://barisicinakademisyenler.net/node/288"
target="_blank">https://<wbr>barisicinakademisyenler.net/<wbr>node/288</a><br>
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<div>Also please find attached a list of the 44 "Academics for
Peace," with their institutional affiliations as well as
professional fields. </div>
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<div>Please forgive possible multiple postings of this call.</div>
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<div>With my best regards and sincere thanks for your
consideration,</div>
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<div>Ayse Erzan</div>
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