Turkey detains academics over critical petition

19.01.2016 - 17:38 #Turkey, #Erdogan, #Kurds
Turkish police on Friday (Jan. 15) arrested at least 14 academics over a petition criticising a military crackdown on Kurdish activists

The text drew more than 1,000 supporters, including U.S. linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky, and urged Ankara to stop what it labeled “a deliberate massacre”.

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