Academic Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison
Academic Saadet Sorgunlu has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” While the announcement of the verdict has been deferred, the court has ruled for rejection of venue in three files.
Trial of academics, who have been charged with "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" for having signed the declaration entitled "We will not be a party to this crime" prepared by the Academics for Peace, continued in İstanbul Çağlayan Courthouse today (April 2).