[Fdu] more on how to support Turkish academics

[Cynthia Wright]

FYI. See below for info on an important campaign to fund raise for 
purged Turkish academics. C

Dear…

I am writing to you about a campaign to support the academics in Turkey 
who have been expelled from their university positions.

In January 2016 you joined a call for peace in Turkey and signed the 
petition “We will not be a Party to this Crime” 
<http://bianet.org/english/human-rights/170978-academics-we-will-not-be-a-party-to-this-crime>. 
You declared your commitment to your colleagues in voicing their demands 
and showed your solidarity for academic freedom worldwide. We greatly 
appreciate your willingness to take a stand on this important issue.

As you might have read, the pressures on “Academics for Peace 
<https://barisicinakademisyenler.net/English>”, who have initiated the 
peace petition, have greatly increased. Many have been dismissed from 
their posts, and even detained or jailed through statutory decrees. As 
of March 2017, at least *383 *out of the initial 2,212**signatories have 
been purged from their jobs, banned from traveling abroad, and denied 
recourse to legal dispute. During this difficult time, these scholars 
have to support their livelihood and families.

To continue showing your solidarity with the affected academics, 
Research Institute on Turkey and <http://riturkey.org/>Bostonbul 
<http://www.bostonbul.org/?page_id=88>, both 503(1)c non-profits, GIT-NA 
<http://gitamerica.blogspot.com/> and concerned academics in North 
America are launching a campaign to raise an initial fund of *$105,000 
*and to support about *35 academics* for *6 months* with a salary over 
the government-determined minimum wage. The funds will be fully 
allocated to financially support the Academics for Peace through close 
collaboration with Education and Science Workers’ Union, Egitim-Sen 
<https://egitimsenankara5.org/solidarity-with-dismissed-education-workers-and-academics-is-growing/>, 
and other associations which are actively assisting the purged Academics 
for Peace at the local and international level.

Here is how you can help:

· *Donate* at this link 
<https://www.youcaring.com/academicsforpeaceinturkey-763983>. There is 
no small amount!

· *Forward* this email to your network and encourage them to get involved.

· *Tweet* about it: https://twitter.com/RIoTurkey/status/841720000293527552

· *Share* it on *Facebook*: https://goo.gl/JjEZU9

· *Share* our campaign video 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7TP0CHlfrQ> on your social media accounts.

· Email <mailto:solidarity.afp.turkey at gmail.com> us your short video 
message to be included in a solidarity video.


I very much hope you will join me in this solidarity campaign. With your 
participation, we will illustrate once again that the #AcademicsForPeace 
are not alone. Thank you for your time and assistance. Please email your 
questions to solidarity.afp.turkey at gmail.com 
<mailto:solidarity.afp.turkey at gmail.com> or feel free to contact me 
directly.

Sincerely,

Kaan Agartan

**

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Kaan Agartan, Ph.D.

Department of Sociology

Framingham State University

100 State Street

Framingham, MA 01701

508-626-4854 <tel:%28508%29%20626-4854> (phone)

E-mail: kagartan at framingham.edu <mailto:kagartan at framingham.edu>


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