<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(42,42,42);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font size="1"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UXZU47gA24YPLLbA-p4uysCKcO7uASisHX6xH3msk0U" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UXZU47gA24YPLLbA-p4uysCKcO7uASisHX6xH3msk0U</a></font><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-weight:700">

Open Letter of Support for Academics under Attack in Turkey</span></span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(42,42,42);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">As academics associated with colleges and universities in the United States, we strongly oppose the recent attacks on academics in Turkey. The harassment, investigations, and detentions are a response to the basic act of petitioning the government, namely, signing the statement </span><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(38,38,38);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">“We will not be a party to this crime,”</span><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(16,19,26);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> which urged the Turkish government to cease hostilities against its Kurdish population and return to peace talks</span><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(42,42,42);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">. The repressive responses to this act are antithetical to the spirit of our work as academics, and no notion of “Turkishness” can justifiably curtail our exercise of academic freedom. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(42,42,42);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">We call upon the Turkish government to immediately cease and desist all investigations into, and prosecutions of, signatories to the statement </span><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(38,38,38);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">“We will not be a party to this crime.” </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(42,42,42);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">We call upon the Turkish government to immediately release all detainees who are signatories to the statement </span><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(38,38,38);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">“We will not be a party to this crime,” and to allow travel outside the country and free movement within.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(42,42,42);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">We express our solidarity with these brave academics and pledge our support through the public and private means available to us. </span></p><br><br><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(42,42,42);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">To sign this statement, please email your title, name, and institutional affiliation to </span><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(26,26,26);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="mailto:academicsUS@gmail.com" target="_blank">academicsUS@gmail.com</a></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(26,26,26);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">===</span></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><div><span style="text-align:left"><a href="tel:%28202%29%20448-2898%20x1" value="+12024482898" target="_blank">(202) 448-2898 x1</a></span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div></div></div></div>
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