Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Solidarity with METU on the News

Jadaliyya: 
Hundreds of academic across the world have shown their solidarity with Middle East Technical University (METU) in its fight ...

Bianet:
ODTÜ’ye Uluslararası Destek

Sendika.org:
26 ülkeden 857 akademisyen, ODTÜ-100. Yıl’dan geçirilmek istenen otoyol projesine, ağaç katliamına ve polis saldırılarına karşı direnişçilerle dayanışma için imza metni yayımladı...

Cumhuriyet:
Akademisyenlerin uluslararası imza kampanyası için İngilizce ve Türkçe yayınlanan metinde şöyle denildi...

Radikal:
ODTÜ’de yaşanan yol tartışmasında 26 ülkedeki 278 farklı akademik kuruldan 857 akademisyen ODTÜ ile dayanışma mesajı verdi. Aralarında Chomsky, Butler ve Wallerstein’ın da bulunduğu tüm dünyadan yüzlerce akademisyen...

Noam Chomsky'den ODTÜ protestolarına destek

Hurriyet:
ODTÜ'yle dayanışma kampanyasına akademisyenlerden imza yağıyor.

Sol:
Dünyanın dört bir yanındaki üniversitelerden akademisyenler Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi arazisindeki yol yapım projesine karşı çıkmak amacıyla başlatılan bir imza kampanyasına destek veriyor...

Geçtiğimiz günlerde ODTÜ’de yaşanan polis şiddetine ve henüz hukuki süreç tamamlanmamasına rağmen devam eden yol çalışmalarına, Türkiye’de ve dünyanın çeşitli yerlerindeki üniversitelerde görev yapan akademisyenlerden tepki geldi...

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Noam Chomsky on METU's Fight:



Noam Chomsky, widely known linguist and philosopher have also made an individual statement of support in addition to becoming a signatory of the statement:


"I would like to express my support for the protest of the METU Senate against the night-time raid launched by Ankara Metropolitan Municipality as part of the destructive highway project. I would also like to add my voice to those protesting the police violence against students that followed".

Hundreds of Academics Declare their Support to METU!

Hundreds of academics across the world show their solidarity with Middle East Technical University (METU) in its fight against the unlawful and destructive highway construction project passing through the campus forest. There are 857 signatories from 278 academic institutions and 26 different countries.
 
The following maps show the dispersion of academic support to METU around the world:
 




We want to thank Christopher A. Bail from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Ann Mische from University of Notre Dame for the visualizations.

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Statement of Support to Middle East Technical University's Resistance against the Government's Unlawful Environmental Massacre on Their Campus


Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, led by the AKP (Justice and Development Party) has, despite opposition, initiated a road construction project that goes through a forest area located in Ankara’s inner city , which is also property of Middle East Technical University (METU).

University students, the University faculty as well as the residents of the neighborhood located right next to the campus have opposed this project. Student resistance initially halted various attempts by the Municipal demolition teams to cut down the trees. Although the University administration’s appeal of Ankara Municipality’s proposed plan was still under legal consideration, the Municipality committed an environmental massacre by destroying 3,000 trees on the night of October 18. The land was cleared overnight, without any prior notice or permission. The night raid of the Ankara Municipality demolition teams backed by riot police was followed by an army of construction vehicles, working day and night to complete the unlawful highway as soon as possible.  Meanwhile, the government foiled all possible legal attempts to resolve the conflict. The police have responded to the opposition from the University with excessive use of tear gas and water cannons. In other words, METU’s fight for its forest has also become a fight for its democratic right to protest and to exercise its freedom of speech.
 

Police attack in campus

This act shows how the government turns a blind eye to the environmental concerns of the people as firmly expressed during the Gezi Uprising.  The attack on METU confirms the government’s commitment to sacrifice public green space for the ongoing construction projects. We also state that this action poses a vivid example of the government’s encroachment on the autonomy of higher education in Turkey.

 
We, the undersigned academics, condemn the unlawful environmental massacre and the police brutality in the Middle East Technical University campus. It is an unethical and unacceptable attack on METU as well as the academia in Turkey. We declare our full support and solidarity with all resisting METU students, academic personnel and staff.

In solidarity,


Name Institution  Country
Aalyia FA Sadruddin Yale University United States
Adam David Morton University of Sydney Australia
Adem Y. Elveren Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University Turkey
Adnan Akçay Middle East Technical University Turkey
Agnes van der Meij Middle East Technical University Turkey
Ahmet Altuğ Çilingir Istanbul University Turkey
Ahmet Beyaz Middle East Technical University Turkey
Ahmet Ersoy Bogazici University Turkey
Ahmet Ertunga Yeğin University of Manchester UK
Ahmet İnam Middle East Technical University Turkey
Ahmet Insel Galatasaray University Turkey
Ahmet Kaşlı Okan University Turkey
Ahu Ersözlü Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Ahu Karasulu Yıldız Technical University Turkey
Akin Karabeyoglu Middle East Technical University Turkey
Akın Tek Istanbul Sehir University Turkey
Al Campbell University of Utah United States
Alan Libert Middle East Technical University Turkey
Alaz Kilicarslan Boston University United States
Albeniz Tuğçe Ezme University of Cincinnati United States
Alberto Siani Yeditepe University Turkey
Aleksandar Şopov Harvard University United States
Alessandra Ricci Koç University Turkey
Alevgül Şorman Autonomous University of Barcelona Spain
Alexander K. Vidybida Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics Ukraine
Ali B. Arslan Brown University  United States
Ali Baykal Bahçeşehir University Turkey
Ali Cenap Yologlu Mersin University Turkey
Ali Ekber Doğan Mersin University Turkey
Ali Emre Benli Luiss Guido Carli University Italy
Ali Ersan Karadeniz Istanbul Technical University Turkey
Ali K. Saysel Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Ali Rıza Güngen Ondokuz Mayıs University Turkey
Alia Al Ghussain University of Sussex UK
Alicia Kozma University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
Alidost Numan University of Chicago  United States
Alim Ormeci     Max Planck Institute Germany
Alison Ayers Simon Fraser University Canada
Alper Acik Ozyegin University Turkey
Alper Hayreter Ozyegin University Turkey
Altan Ercan Harvard Medical School United States
Altay Manço  IRFAM Belgium
Aman Rassouli Eastern Mediterranean University Cyprus
Amy Stopper Sabancı University Turkey
Andrea Quaden University of Hamburg Germany
Andreas Bieler University of Nottingham UK
Andrew Littlejohn Harvard University United States
Andy Inch University of Sheffield UK
Andy Lockhart University of Sheffield UK
Angela Joya York University Canada
Anıl Albaglar Middle East Technical University Turkey
Aninne Schneider Sabancı University Turkey
Anlam Filiz Emory University United States
Ann Mische University of Notre Dame United States
Anna Tsing University of California United States
Anthony Alessandrini City University of New York United States
Ariel Salzmann, Queen’s University Canada
Arlene Stein Rutgers University United States
Arman Aksoy Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center United States
Arturo Escobar University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill United States
Arzu Akkoyunlu Wigley Hacettepe University Turkey
Asan Bacak  University of Manchester UK
Asef Bayat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
Asiye Akgün Istanbul Kultur University Turkey
Asli Aydemir  Dicle University Turkey
Aslı Igsiz New York University United States
Aslı Öcal Autonomous University of Madrid Spain
Aslı Orhon Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Asli Peker New York University United States
Aslihan Karatas  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
Ataman Avdan Simon Fraser University Canada
Aybüke Garipcan Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Aydin Cem Keser University of Maryland United States
Aydin Ozipek Northwestern University United States
Ayfer Karakaya-Stump The College of William and Mary United States
Aykut Arapoğlu Eskisehir Osmangazi University Turkey
Aykut Coban Ankara University Turkey
Aylin Altınay Cingöz Istanbul University Turkey
Aylın Dikmen Özarslan  Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Turkey
Aylin Unaldi Bogazici University turkey
Aynur Soydan Erdemir Istanbul University Turkey
Ayse Balas Longwood University United States
Ayşe Çavdar European University of Viadrina Germany
Ayse Esra Sirin  Brown University  United States
Ayşe Gül Altınay Sabancı University Turkey
Ayşe Parla Sabancı University Turkey
Aysegul Demirtas Arizona State University United States
Ayşegül Ergül Carleton University Canada
Aysegul Kayagil New School for Social Research United States
Ayşegül Yakar Önal Istanbul University Turkey
Ayşen Candaş Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Aysun Gezen Ankara University Turkey
Ayten Alkan Istanbul University Turkey
Aziz Guzel York University Canada
Bahar Baser University of Warwick United States
Bakis Kutlu Kurtulus Middle East Technical University Turkey
Barış Altaylıgil Istanbul University Turkey
Barış Balcıoğlu Sabancı University Turkey
Barış Güven Yildiz Technical University Turkey
Baris Tasyakan University of California, San Diego  United States
Barış Tuğrul Hacettepe University Turkey
Başak Demir Galatasaray University Turkey
Başak Deniz Özdoğan Bogazici University Turkey
Basak Durgun George Mason University United States
Başak Ergil Kadir Has University Turkey
Basak Kale Middle East Technical University Turkey
Başak Tanyeri Bilkent University Turkey
Başar Çağlar Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands 
Bedir Kablan Mersin University Turkey
Begüm Aydın New York University United States
Begüm Kösemen Marmara University Turkey
Begum Ozkaynak Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Behrooz Moazami  New York University United States
Bengi Akbulut Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Bengi Ruken Cengiz Sabancı University Turkey
Bengü Kurtege-Sefer SUNY Binghamton University United States
Benjamin Miller University of Sydney Australia
Berrak Karahoda Istanbul Bilgi University Turkey
Betigül Ongen Istanbul University Turkey
Beyza Ustun Yıldız Technical University Turkey
Bilal E. Kerman The Salk Institute United States
Bilge Serin Middle East Technical University Turkey
Bilgen Ekim Ustunel Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Germany
Binali Tercan Abant Izzet Baysal University Turkey
Bora Acun  University of Houston United States
Bora Ataman Doğuş University Turkey
Boris Kotchoubey University of Tübingen Germany
Bronwyn Isaacs Harvard University United States
Buket Akgün Istanbul University Turkey
Buket Türkmen Galatasaray University Turkey
Bünyat Burak Aykanat Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Turkey
Burak Başaranlar SUNY Binghamton University United States
Burak Cesme Northeastern University United States
Burak Kose York University Canada
Burak Özçetin Akdeniz University Turkey
Burak Ulman Yıldız Technical University Turkey
Burcu Baykurt Columbia University  United States
Burcu Bestas Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden
Burcu Binboğa Middle East Technical University Turkey
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Burcu Egilmez
Izmir Economy University Turkey
Burcu Toğral Eskişehir Osmangazi University Turkey
Burcu Yigit Turan Ozyegin University Turkey
Büşra Hepgüzel Istanbul Technical University Turkey
Cagdas Tuna University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
Caghan Kizil German Center for Neurodegenerative Dis. Germany
Çağın Bölükbaşı SUNY Binghamton University United States
Çağla Bozer Sabancı University Turkey
Çağla Orpen New School for Social Research  United States
Çağlar Dölek Middle East Technical University  Turkey
Caglayan Cetin Loyola University Chicago United States
Can Candan Boğaziçi University  Turkey
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Can Evren
Duke University United States
Can Eyup Cekic Bilkent University Turkey
Can Gündüz Izmir Institute of Technology Turkey
Can Irmak Özinanır Ankara University Turkey
Canan Acar University of Ontario Institute of Technology Canada
Caner Hamarat Delft University of Technology Netherlands 
Caner Özdemir Middle East Technical University  Turkey
Cansu Çöl University of Wollongong Australia
Cansu Paksoy Middle East Technical University Turkey
Carlos Figueroa   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
Carol Burga University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
Cem Akgüner Yildiz Technical University Turkey
Cem Oğuz Ankara University Turkey
Cem Özatalay Galatasaray University Turkey
Cemal Burak Tansel University of Nottingham. UK
Cemile Ezer Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Cengiz Ekiz Abant Izzet Baysal University Turkey
Cenk Saraçoğlu Başkent University Turkey
Ceren Civelek Galatasaray University Turkey
Ceren Gamze Yaşar Middle East Technical University Turkey
Ceren Göğüş Istanbul Kultur University Turkey
Ceren Gürkan Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Spain
Ceren Kutlu Istanbul Technical University Turkey
Ceren Lord London School of Economics UK
Ceren Sözeri Galatasaray University Turkey
Çetin Veysal Mersin University Turkey
Cevahir Kayam Istanbul University Turkey
Ceyda Oğuz Koç University Turkey
Ceyda Sungur Istanbul Technical University Turkey
Ceylan Gundeger Hacettepe University Turkey
Ceylin Ozcan  Arel University Turkey
Chloe Skinner University of Sheffield UK
Cicek Ilengiz Central European University Hungary
Cigdem Akalin Akkok Oslo University Hospital Norway
Çiğdem Oğuz Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Cihan Tugal Univeristy of California, Berkley United States
Claudio Sopranzetti All Souls College, Oxford UK
Coşku Çelik Celal Bayar University Turkey
Dağlar Tanrıkulu Rutgers University United States
David Selim Sayers San Francisco State University United States
Deniz Aksen Koç University Turkey
Deniz Arzuk Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Deniz Atikoglu Middle East Technical University Turkey
Deniz Ay University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
Deniz Ayas Mersin University Turkey
Deniz Ilhan SUNY Stony Brook University United States
Deniz Ozdemir Yaşar University Turkey
Deniz Parlak Istanbul Kemerburgaz University Turkey
Deniz Tarba Ceylan Sabancı University Turkey
Deniz Yükseker Koç University Turkey
Derya Akdemir Marmara University Turkey
Derya Özkan University of Munich Germany
Derya Özkaya Sabanci University Turkey
Derya Ülker Mimar Sinan University Turkey
Derya Yildirim University of Montana United States
Desiree Weber Northwestern University United States
Devrim Çimen Bahçeşehir University Turkey
Devrim Kılıçer Ankara University Turkey
Didem Kılıçkıran Kadir Has University Turkey
Didem Oral European University Institute Italy
Didem Türkoğlu University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States
Dikmen Bezmez Koç University Turkey
Dilara Demir Rutgers University United States
Dilce Gozuyasli DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Germany
Dilege Gülmez Univeristy of Bonn Germany
Dilek Barlas Koç University Turkey
Dinçer Çevik Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Turkey
Doğu Erdener  METU - Northern Cyprus Campus Cyprus
Dolunay Bulut New School for Social Research United States
Don Ray University of Calgary Canada
Doruk Doğu Ohio State University United States
Doruk Tunaoğlu Sabanci University Turkey
Duran Üstek Istanbul University Turkey
Durukan Kuzu London School of Economics UK
Duygu Cihanger Middle East Technical University Turkey
Duygu Kasdogan York University Canada
E. Çetin Gürer Villanova University United States
Ebru Aykut Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Turkey
Ebru Aylar Ankara University Turkey
Ebru Eroglu Bogazici University Turkey
Ebru Isgin West Chester University of Pennsylvania United States
Ebru Kamaci Yüzüncü Yıl University Turkey
Ebru Ustundag Brock University Canada
Ebru Webb  Michigan State University United States
Ece Öztan Yildiz Technical University Turkey
Eda Ulus University of the West of England UK
Efe Kerem Sözeri University of Amsterdam Netherlands 
Efe Murat Balıkçıoğlu Harvard University United States
Efe Peker Simon Fraser University Canada
Efe Soyman Rutgers University United States
Ekin Altan Stuttgart University Germany
Ekin Emek Berber SUNY Binghamton University United States
Ekin Kurtic Harvard University United States
Elaine Swan University of Sydney Australia
Elçin Arabacı Georgetown University United States
Elif Genc York University Canada
Elif Keskiner Erasmus University Rotterdam Holland
Elif Kuş Saillard Ankara University Turkey
Elif Met Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Turkey
Elif Persinger Eastern Michigan University United States
Elinor Rooks University of Leeds UK
Eloísa Pires University of Virginia United States
Elvan Gökçe Erkmen Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Turkey
Emek Köse St. Mary's College of Maryland United States
Emel Göksu Dokuz Eylül University Turkey
Emel Guldogan University of Rochester United States
Emel Tastekin Yasar University Turkey
Emine Alaaddinoğlu Baskent University Turkey
Emine İncirlioğlu Maltepe University Turkey
Emrah Altindis Harvard Medical School United States
Emre Akbas University of California United States
Emre Canpolat Hacettepe University Turkey
Emre Gürcanlı Istanbul Technical University Turkey
Emre Özçelik METU - Northern Cyprus Campus Cyprus
Emre S. Tasci Middle East Technical University Turkey
Emre Şahin SUNY Binghamton University United States
Emre Uğur University of Innsbruck Austria
Engin Akyurek Istanbul University Turkey
Erdal Özmen Middle East Technical University  Turkey
Erdem Cipa University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States
Erdem Güven TODAIE Turkey
Erdem Üngür Istanbul Kultur University Turkey
Erdem Yörük Koç University Turkey
Erdinc Erdem New School for Social Research United States
Erdogan Sendemir Uludag University Turkey
Eren Karaca  SUNY Binghamton University United States
Ergin Bulut University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Turkey
Erik Swyngedouw Manchester University UK
Erkan Bayir University of Pittsburgh United States
Erol Köroğlu Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Ersan Demiralp Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Ertug Tombus New School for Social Research United States
Ervin Sezgin Istanbul Technical University Turkey
Eser Baysal Institut libre Marie Haps Belgium
Eser Y. Sözmen Ege University Turkey
Esin Duzel University of California, San Diego United States
Esin Erdem Middle East Technical University Turkey
Esin Gülsen Mersin University Turkey
Esin Kasapoğlu Istanbul Kultur University Turkey
Esra Arsan  Istanbul Bilgi University Turkey
Esra Danacioglu Tamur Yildiz Technical University Turkey
Esra Ergüzeloğlu Kilim Mersin University Turkey
Esra Mungan Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Esra Mungan Istanbul University Turkey
Esra Sancakli Middle East Technical University Turkey
Ethemcan Turhan Autonomous University of Barcelona Spain
Etienne Balibar Columbia University United States
Evren Barın Egrik Beykent University Turkey
Evrim Didem Güneş Koç University Turkey
Evrim Emir-Sayers San Francisco State University United States
Evrim Kılıç University of Sussex UK
Eylem Çamuroğlu Çığ Mersin University Turkey
Eylem Özaltun Harvard University United States
Ezgi Pehlivan Middle East Technical University Turkey
Ezgi Sedef Kara Middle East Technical University Turkey
Ezgi Toplu Demirtaş Middle East Technical University Turkey
Fabio Ciaravella Università della Basilicata Italy
Fahriye Sancar  University of Colorado United States
Faranak Miraftab University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
fatmagül Berktay Istanbul University Turkey
Feray Coskun  Freie Universitaet Germany
Ferhat Ay University of Washington United States
Feryal Saygılıgil Istanbul Arel University Turkey
Feza Kerestecioğlu Kadir Has University Turkey
Figen F. Oktem University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
Fikret Adaman Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Fikret Görün Middle East Technical University Turkey
Filippe Moura University of Minho Portugal
Filiz Gozenman University of Nevada, Reno United States
Filiz Kahraman University of Washington United States
Fisun Guven Middle East Technical University Turkey
Francisco Barceló University of Illes Balears Spain
Funda Atun  Politecnico di Milano Italy
Funda Tamer Hacettepe University Turkey
Funda Üstek University of Oxford UK
Füsun Alioğlu Kadir Has University Turkey
Gabriela Ibarra University of Sheffield UK
Galip Deniz Altınay Mersin University Turkey
Gamze Evcimen SUNY Binghamton University United States
Gary M. Grossman Arizona State University United States
Gaye Çankaya Eksen Galatasaray University Turkey
Geoff Kennedy Durham University UK
George Messo University of East Anglia UK
Gevher Gökçe Acar Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Turkey
Giray Enkavi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
Gizem Gezer  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
Gizem Inak Hertie Institute Tübingen  Germany
Gizem Kezban Cakmak York University Canada
Gökcan Aydoğan  Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry CzechRepublic
Gökçe Zeybek Hacettepe University Turkey
Gökçeçiçek Savaşır Dokuz Eylül University Turkey
Gökhan Atınç University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
Gökhan Çelik Ohio State University United States
Gokhan Inan North Carolina State University United States
Goksel N. Demirer Middle East Technical University Turkey
Gonca Arik Istanbul Kultur University Turkey
Gönül   Öguz Development Bank of Turkey Turkey
Görkem Akgöz Hacettepe University Turkey
Gorkem Aydemir George Washington Univeristy United States
Gozde Burcu Ege University of Washington  United States
Guher Camliyurt University of Southern California United States
Gül Çatır Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Gul Gurkan  Tilburg University Netherlands 
Gül Okutucu Middle East Technical University Turkey
Gül Ünsal Barlas Marmara University Turkey
Gülay Er Pasin Istanbul University Turkey
Gülay Hasdoğan Middle East Technical University  Turkey
Gülay Türkmen Yale University United States
Gülcan Türker Kocaeli University Turkey
Gulcin Alpoge Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Gülçin Con Purdue University United States
Gulcin Torunoglu Turan Istanbul Technical University Turkey
Guldem ozatagan İzmir Institute of Technology Turkey
Güler Fişek Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Gülhan Türkay Istanbul University Turkey
Gülhan Türkay Hoştürk Istanbul University Turkey
Gülru Çakmak University of Massachusetts Amherst United States
Gülşah Gülen Middle East Technical University Turkey
Gulsah Pekgoz Institute of Molecular Biology Austria
Günay Kocasoy Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Günce Orman Galatasaray University Turkey
Gunel Najafzade Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University Azerbaijan
Güneş Şöyler Max Planck Institute  Germany
Gürbüz Celebi Ege University Turkey
Güven Gürkan Öztan Istanbul University Turkey
Güven Güzeldere Harvard University United States
Güvenç Şahin Sabancı University Turkey
Guzin Erlat  Middle East Technical University  Turkey
Habibe Burcu Baba Queen's University Canada
Hade Turkmen Cardiff University UK
Hajar Huseynova Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy Azerbaijan
Hakan Bilhan Istanbul University Turkey
Hakan Erturk Bogazici University Turkey
Hakan Mıhcı Hacettepe University Turkey
Hakan Topal State University of New York United States
Haluk Ay Ohio State University United States
Haluk Erlat Middle East Technical University  Turkey
Hamdullah Yuecel Max Planck Institute  Germany
Handan Gürbüz Yıldız Technical Umiversity Turkey
Hande Ogutcu SUNY Binghamton University United States
Hande Sungur VU University Netherlands 
Hanifi Barış University of Aberdeen Scotland,UK
Hasan Dudu European Commission Joint Research Centre Spain
Hasan Yılmaz University of Twente Netherlands 
Hazal Azeri Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Turkey
Hazel Başköy Ufuk University Turkey
Heidi Lam Yale University United States
Heloise Weber  University of Queensland Australia
Hilal Atasoy Temple University United States
Hilal Onur-İnce Hacettepe University Turkey
Hilal Ozcetin Simon Fraser University Canada
Holly Straut Eppsteiner University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States
Hülya Adak Sabancı University Turkey
Hülya Gökalp Brunel University UK
Hüseyin Alparslan Şahin Ondokuz Mayıs University Turkey
Hüseyin İçen Middle East Technical University  Turkey
Hüseyin Yener Erköse Koç University Turkey
Ibrahim Ilgaz Soykal Oak Ridge National Laboratories United States
İbrahim Kaya  Dokuz Eylül University Turkey
Ibrahim Saylan Izmir University of Economics Turkey
İlkay Özküralpli Istanbul Arel University Turkey
İlke Şanlıer Yüksel Doğuş University Turkey
İlke Tekin Istanbul Kultur University Turkey
İlke Toygur Autonomous University of Madrid Spain
İlkem Kayıcan Istanbul Bilgi University Turkey
Ilker Ozkan Middle East Technical University  Turkey
İlker Urlu Ağrı İbrahim Ceçen University Turkey
Immanel Wallerstein SUNY Binghamton University United States
İnan Şenses Hacettepe University Turkey
İnci Özgür İlhan Ankara University Turkey
Insan Tunali Koç University Turkey
Ipek Akpınar Istanbul Technical University Turkey
İpek Çamlı Ankara University Turkey
Ipek Demirsu Sabancı University Turkey
Ipek Mercil Galatasaray University Turkey
Ipek Sakarya Istanbul University Turkey
İpek Seyalıoğlu Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Ipek Tureli McGill University Canada
Irem Erol Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Turkey
Irmak Ertor Autonomous University of Barcelona Spain
Işıl Çakan Hacıibrahimoğlu Istanbul University Turkey
Işıl Uluç  University of Vienna Austria
Işıl Ünal Ankara University Turkey
Isilay Taban  University of Sussex UK
İsmet Akça Yildiz Technical University Turkey
İsmet Koç Hacettepe University Turkey
İstem Fer University of Potsdam Germany
İzzet Paruğ Duru Gedik Imiversity turkey
İzzet Paruğ Duru Cambridge University UK
Jamie Merchant Northwestern University United States
Jan Aart Scholte University of Gothenburg Sweden
Jan Selby University of Sussex UK
Jean Comaroff Harvard University United States
Jeffrey Hibbert Yaşar University Turkey
Jennifer C Lena Columbia University United States
Joe Turner University of Sheffield UK
Jon Clindaniel  Harvard University United States
Joseph Lombardo New School for Social Research United States
Judith Butler University of California, Berkeley United States
Judith Gerson Rutgers University United States
Julia McClure Harvard University United States
Julian Saurin METU - Northern Cyprus Campus Cyprus
Juliana Yordanova, Inst. of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Scie. Bulgaria
K. Ilhan Ikeda Yeditepe University Turkey
K. Mehmet Kentel University of Washington United States
Karabekir Akkoyunlu London School of Economics UK
Katherine Gibson University of Western Sydney Australia
Kaustav Chakrabarti SUNY Binghamton University United States
Kelly Kato Rutgers University United States
Kemal Davaslioglu University of California, Irvine United States
Kemal Kılıç Sabancı University Turkey
Kerem Akartunali University of Strathclyde Scotland,UK 
Kerem Cantekin University of Utah United States
Kerem Nişancıoğlu University of Westminster  UK
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Kevin Chamow
Rutgers University United States
Kıvanç Ersoy Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Turkey
Köksal Muş Middle East Technical University Turkey
Krishna Sivillà  University of Barcelona Spain
Kristen Schorpp University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States
Kuban Altinel  Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Kumru Toktamis Pratt Institute United States
Kyle A. Heatherly Indiaana University United States
Lale Orta Okan University Turkey
Lara Kelland University of Louisville United States
Leonard Hammer  Hebrew University Israel
Lerzan Ormeci Koç University Turkey
Leslie Gates  SUNY Binghamton University United States
Levent Kockesen Koç University Turkey
Leyla Neyzi Sabancı University Turkey
Lucho Escobedo University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
Lucy Ford Oxford Brookes University UK
Luis Antonio Cunha Ribeiro Universidade Federal Fluminense  Brasil
Luke Martell University of Sussex UK
Luke Yates  University of Manchester UK
Lütfiye Bozdağ Kemerburgaz University Turkey
M. Onur Arun  Univeristy of Manchester  UK
Mahinur S. Akkaya Middle East Technical University  Turkey
Mahinur S. Akkaya Middle East Technical University Turkey
Maral Jefroudi  Intrenational Institute of Social History Netherlands 
Maria Lechler Università della Basilicata Italy
Martina Baldwin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States
Mary McBride Pratt Institute United States
Mefharet Kocatepe  Bilkent University Turkey
Mehmet Ali Olpak Middle East Technical University Turkey
Mehmet Baki Deniz SUNY Binghamton University United States
Mehmet Başoğlu New York Law School United States
Mehmet Can Omay Binghamton University United States
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Mehmet Saner Abant Izzet Baysal University Turkey
Mehmet Sayar Koç University Turkey
Mehmet Tevfik Özcan Istanbul University Turkey
Mehmet Tunçer Middle East Technical University  Turkey
Mehmet Türkay Marmara University Turkey
Melehat Kutun Mersin University Turkey
Melek Diker Yücel  Middle East Technical University Turkey
Melika Gül Middle East Technical University Turkey
Melike Kesirli Erozlu University of British Columbia Canada
Melike Mermercioğlu Koç University Turkey
Melike Sümertaş Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Melis Serefoglu Koç University Turkey
Melis Varkal Yasar University Turkey
Melisa Kohen Stanford University United States
Meltem Gürle Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Meltem Kayıran Ankara University Turkey
Meltem Odabaş University of Arizona  United States
Meltem Yılmaz Şener Istanbul Bilgi University Turkey
Meral Altıok Mersin University Turkey
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Michael Herzfeld Harvard University United States
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Mustafa F. Ozbilgin Brunel University UK
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Mustafa Yatin Salem State University United States
Mustafa Yavas Yale University United States
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Nadide Seçkin Istanbul Kultur University Turkey
Nazan Aksan  University of Iowa United States
Nazli Eylem Tasdemir Vienne University Austria
Necat Akyıldız Abant Izzet Baysal University Turkey
Nejla Osseiran Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Neriman Yörür Dokuz Eylül University Turkey
Nermin Abadan-Unat Boğaziçi University  Turkey
Neslihan Demirtaş Milz Izmir University of Economics Turkey
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Nihan Oya Memluk Gazi University Turkey
Nilay Erten Yale University United States
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METU forest in 1960, METU forest in 2000s and METU "forest" now
 





Before and after the Municipal attack on METU

Hükümet Tarafından Yapılan Hukuksuz Çevre Katliamına Karşı ODTÜ Direnişi’ne Destek Açıklaması
 

AKP’li Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi, tüm itirazlara rağmen şehrin içinden geçen ve aynı zamanda ODTÜ arazisi olan ormanlık alanda yol yapım projesini başlattı.


Tear gas to disperse students in campus
ODTÜ kampüsü etrafındaki mahalle sakinlerinin yanı sıra ODTÜ öğrencileri ve emekçileri de bu projeye başından beri şiddetle karşı çıktılar. Öğrenciler, belediye ekiplerinin ağaçları kesmesine engel olabilmek için çeşitli girişimlerde bulundu. Ancak Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi, üniversite yönetiminin projeye itirazlarını ifade ettiği yasal süreç devam ediyor olmasına rağmen 18 Ekim gecesi herhangi bir uyarı ya da yasal izin olmadan 3000 ağacı yok ederek bir çevre katliamı gerçekleştirdi. Belediye ekiplerinin gece baskınını inşaat araçları ordusu ve protestolara müdahale etmesi için kampüse sevk edilen çevik kuvvet polisleri takip etti. Bu arada, hükümet de sorunu çözmek için yargıdan geçen bütün olası yolları organize bir çaba ile engelledi. Polis inşaata karşı çıkan üniversite öğrencilerine yoğun biber gazı ve tazyikli suyla müdahale etmeye devam ediyor. Başka bir deyişle, ODTÜ’nün kendi ormanı için yürüttüğü mücadele, demokratik hakkı olan protesto ve ifade özgürlüğü mücadelesine dönüşmüştür.

Bu olaylar tıpkı Gezi Direnişi’nde olduğu gibi, hükümetin çevreyle ilgili konularda halkın endişelerini nasıl göz ardı ettiğini gösteriyor. ODTÜ’ye yapılan saldırı, hükümetin inşaat projeleri için kamusal yeşil alanları yok etme kararlılığının sadece bir örneğidir. Ayrıca bu durum hükümetin yüksek öğretimin özerkliğini yok etme çabasının da bir parçasıdır.

Biz, aşağıda imzası olan akademisyenler, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi kampüsündeki hukuksuz çevre katliamını ve polis şiddetini kınıyoruz. Bu, ODTÜ’ye ve Türkiye akademisine yapılan, etik olmayan ve kabul edilemez bir saldırıdır. Direnen tüm ODTÜ öğrencilerine, akademisyenlerine ve personeline sonsuz destek ve dayanışma içinde bulunduğumuzu bildiririz.

Dayanışmayla!

METU students planting new trees on campus