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Turkish Government ordered the detention and arrest of dozens of signatories of the second petition and accused them of propaganda for a terrorist organization. Against all of the over 1000 signatories investigations were opened. Over 600 signatories were charged, mostly under Article No. 7.2 of
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Academics for Peace encouraged academics from foreign countries to sign the petition as well and over 300 academics, amongst which figured
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of the penal code of the
Turkish Republic. In most trials which ended in a verdict, the defendants were found guilty of the offences and sentenced them to prison sentences between 15 months and 3 years. The majority of the sentences were suspended but against 36 academics not. 29 verdicts were not
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ruled that the rights of expression of the signatories of the petition were violated and in
September 2019 a Turkish court for the first time acquitted one of the Academics for Peace. In the following months several trials ended with an acquittal. 171 academics for peace were found innocent by 17
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published an article directed at the academics on his website in which it was stated ‘‘We will shed your blood and swim in it!”. Peker had to stand trial for the threat but was acquitted.
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