70,000 students in prisons in Turkey

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http://news.sol.org.tr/70000-students-prisons-turkey-174490

 

As 10 students studying at Boğaziçi University were arrested upon the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s order, the total number of students in Turkish prisons has left the number of universities behind
 

There are 70,000 students in prisons in Turkey. This figure increases to over 100,000 when hundreds of students, who are jailed pending trial, those released after long imprisonment and those still standing trial were taken into consideration.

According to a report in Cumhuriyet daily, 10 students from İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University were added to the students in prisons. The detained students will not be severed ties with the university for now. Yet, the fate of these students’ educational lives is uncertain.

The detained students are firstly rusticated from the university; then they are expelled by receiving disciplinary punishment if they are found guilty by the court.

If the students pass the university entrance exam in prison, they have right to freeze registration for two years.

Stating that because they are tried by the High Criminal Courts, students receive severe punishments, a professor serving as a tutor for students in prison and following their proceedings said that "Even if they received punishment from the lower bounds – which is very rarely seen – the duration of the punishment starts from five years. I have witnessed students, who have been sentenced for 9,5 years, 12 or 16 years imprisonment; and there are punishments that are approved by the Court of Cassation in these cases. Considering their age, students may have to be in jail for very long periods. For instance, İlhan Çomak had put behind bars at the age of 22 when he was a second-grade university student. Yet he has been in jail for 25 years." 

 

[OriZ 3,157]

Turkey has not been the same since Erdogan and will never be the same again until him and his party are away from power. What they did after the coup attempt(hundreds of thousands arrested or fired) was just an excuse to solidify their power. Then they go around talking about what other countries are doing; mind your own business you clowns.

Edited April 12, 2018 by OriZ

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

1 hour ago, OriZ said:

Turkey has not been the same since Erdogan and will never be the same again until him and his party are away from power. What they did after the coup attempt(hundreds of thousands arrested or fired) was just an excuse to solidify their power. Then they go around talking about what other countries are doing; mind your own business you clowns.

I had to give you the trophy because you are dead on correct. He used the so called coup attempt to cement his power over the country and basically make him a dictator. The country of Turkey over the last couple of years has been sliding ever towards Islamist rule and he cemented it after the coup attempt. Now he is trying to make the Northern part of Syria part of his territory as well, all the while killing as many Kurds as possible.

 

I had a buddy of mine that was working at Incirlik airbase during the time of the coup attempt and he said it was hell because of what Edrogan did. He cut the power off to the base and made all the personnel stay on base for over a week without allowing flights in to or out of the base. So as soon as my buddy could after it was lifted he left that country and ain't never looking back.

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[OriZ 3,157]

3 hours ago, cyberfx1024 said:

I had to give you the trophy because you are dead on correct. He used the so called coup attempt to cement his power over the country and basically make him a dictator. The country of Turkey over the last couple of years has been sliding ever towards Islamist rule and he cemented it after the coup attempt. Now he is trying to make the Northern part of Syria part of his territory as well, all the while killing as many Kurds as possible.

 

I had a buddy of mine that was working at Incirlik airbase during the time of the coup attempt and he said it was hell because of what Edrogan did. He cut the power off to the base and made all the personnel stay on base for over a week without allowing flights in to or out of the base. So as soon as my buddy could after it was lifted he left that country and ain't never looking back.

Good on him. I see Turkey going in the same footsteps as Iran did 50 years ago so that reminds me of my ex's mom who left for Britain after the revolution. It's a real shame because both used to be great countries. Although I have to say imo it's been going on in Turkey for more than a couple of years - I'd say it started, and got worse gradually, probably around 10 years ago or so.

Edited April 12, 2018 by OriZ

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

1 minute ago, OriZ said:

Good on him. I see Turkey going in the same footsteps as Iran did 50 years ago. It's a real shame because both used to be great countries. Although I have to say imo it's been going on in Turkey for more than a couple of years - I'd say it started, and got worse gradually, probably around 10 years ago or so.

Yeah I know it's crazy how time flies. I was meaning more like that timeframe but I just gustimated. It is sad because Turkey and Iran are both good countries that have governments that want to discriminate against Moderates and Minorities.