Eighteen years imprisonment asked for students
Eighteen years imprisonment asked for students
Eighteen years imprisonment is asked for six students at Mersin University who were sued on the grounds of “violating the law on meetings and demonstrations and resisting officers” by chanting slogans like “AKP, get out of the universities” and “Universities belong to us, not to police”.
While the AKP government has turned Turkey to the biggest prison for students as well, around 500 students are currently held in prison for wearing Palestinian keffiyeh, chanting a slogan, throwing egg, joining protest acts and demanding free education.
An example of the terror against students was witnessed at Mersin University where a group of students on 17 September 2011 were taken into custody while trying to enter the conference hall where the Minister of Economy, Zafer Çaðlayan, was making a speech at the opening ceremony of the academic year.
While three year imprisonment is asked for each of six students, the trial of the case will be held on 25 March.
The evidence shown in the accusation consists of only the statements by ten police officers who sued students for allegedly calling them as “killer police” and throwing bags to them.
“This must be the advanced democracy”, reacted one of the students, Erdi Çalýþkan, who said it was comic that they were sued by police officers who didn’t allow them in the opening ceremony.
While the AKP government has turned Turkey to the biggest prison for students as well, around 500 students are currently held in prison for wearing Palestinian keffiyeh, chanting a slogan, throwing egg, joining protest acts and demanding free education.
An example of the terror against students was witnessed at Mersin University where a group of students on 17 September 2011 were taken into custody while trying to enter the conference hall where the Minister of Economy, Zafer Çaðlayan, was making a speech at the opening ceremony of the academic year.
While three year imprisonment is asked for each of six students, the trial of the case will be held on 25 March.
The evidence shown in the accusation consists of only the statements by ten police officers who sued students for allegedly calling them as “killer police” and throwing bags to them.
“This must be the advanced democracy”, reacted one of the students, Erdi Çalýþkan, who said it was comic that they were sued by police officers who didn’t allow them in the opening ceremony.
