STUDENTS "DISCIPLINED" AT UNIVERSITIES
Emine Ozcan

BÝA, Turkey
March 5 2007

University Administrations Collaborate With Public Prosecutors To
Oppress Dissident Students By Constant Inquisitions And Disciplinary
Penalties, Says Eliacýk From The New Students’ Union Initiative.

Recently,33 Students Sentenced To 3,9 Years In Edirne.

BÝA (Istanbul) – These Practices Are Simply Pristine And Totally
Unlawful, Says Kývanc Eliacýk From The New Students’ Union Initiative,
Commenting On The Increasing Number Of Administrative Inquisitions
Towards Dissident Students At Universities Around The Country.

University Administrations Continue Decreeing Disciplinary Penalties
Towards Students Who Are Involved In Political Activities.

In Karadeniz (Black Sea) Technical University (KTU) Numerous Students
Have Been Rusticated Ranging From A Week Up To A Year.

"Protestation Without Permission", "Chanting Slogans", "Participating
In Press Conference" Are Grounds According To The University Rectorate
For Disciplinary Action.

In The Last Four Months 72 Inquisitions Had Been Placed And Seven
Students Who Reacted Against The Yearly Tuition Had Been Punished.

Furthermore, Trabzon Public Prosecutor’s office filed cases against
the students demanding penalties up to five years in prison.

Prosecution and rectorate collaborate

On another accounts, Edirne public Prosecutor’s office filed
accusations against Trakya University students who participated in
a march protesting the murder of Turkish-Armenian writer Hrant Dink.

In recent days, 33 students of the university who organized an
alternative spring festival last year have been sentenced to 3,9
years imprisonment.

Lastly, several students who participated in a protest against
the Supreme Institution of Education (YOK) -which was established
following the military coup in 1980 and seen as its oppressing
prolongation at higher education- Canakkale University of March 18
received notification of administrative inquisitions.

YOK regulations

Spokesperson of the Initiative and international relations expert
at the Confederation Revolutionary Workers’ Unions (DÝSK), Kývanc
Eliacýk notes that the inquisitions are used to intimidate politically
active students.

"Their right to organization and freedom of speech are constantly
violated. Disciplinary penalties and worse still the imprisonments
keep students from using such rights"

Reminding that there’s no crime defined as "protest without permission"
in the Turkish Penal Code, Eliacýk says the YOK Disciplinary
Regulations are used vigorously to oppress students.

Special security forces shouldn’t be present at university campuses,
he added.

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