Anti-terror police showed up at houses, detained, questioned, released. 1000+ who signed petition may face charges. https://twitter.com/bilgeyesil1/status/688032801564831744 …
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1100+ academics in Turkey signed a petition critical of gov't policy in Kurdish regions. Some were detained, many face changes & dismissal.
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Detentions & charges came after Pres. Erdogan called the academics "vile & despicable." Update—potential dismissals: http://bianet.org/english/human-rights/171152-investigations-universities-reactions-against-academics …
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At this rate, 1000+ academics in Turkey may lose their jobs for signing a petition criticizing the government. They may also face jail.
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Turkey had prior "academics mass sign petition criticizing government" crisis in 1984—when it was under martial law.http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03064228408533770?journalCode=rioc20 …
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Nine TR academics who signed petition criticizing gov't suspended for 2 months; Hundreds remain under investigation.https://twitter.com/140journos/status/690225151804317696 …
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Still under curfew, was topic of academics' petition. RT
@p_zalewski A photo from Cizre, Turkey, via@anadoluajansipic.twitter.com/chXDYveYoy
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Academics "dismissed from job" for signing a petition in Turkey up to 29. Charges, firing possible for rest of 1000+http://www.diken.com.tr/cadi-avi-tam-gaz-devam-gorevinden-uzaklastirilan-akademisyen-sayisi-29-oldu/ …
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Turkey pro-gov't papers: FBI arrested 75 US profs as 9/11 truthers & Biden approved. Tweeted by officials, too.
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@zeynep Obviously they mean these 75 academics: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-403757/Fury-academics-claim-9-11-inside-job.html … Was a group formed in 2006 - years before Biden became VP1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@factwatch And never arrested! The claim that there was 75 of them was, well, kinda made-up by a few of them, iirc. Ah, Daily Mail.
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@zeynep Number depends on definition of "academic". Some "Scholars for truth" lost their job, but were not arrested. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_Truth_movement#Scholars_for_9.2F11_Truth …0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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