An Ankara court has denied an objection to a travel ban imposed on an academic who was fired from his university job over the alleged dissemination of terrorist propaganda, the Duvar news website reported on Friday.
Serkan Günay objected to the court’s decision that prevented him from leaving Turkey after he was dismissed from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) for signing a declaration in 2016 calling for an end to counterterrorism operations in Turkey’s Kurdish Southeast.
After the Ankara 19th High Criminal Court imposed a travel ban for allegedly promoting terrorist propaganda, Günay’s lawyer objected to the verdict at the 20th High Criminal Court. The court denied the objection of the academic, who was planning to continue working abroad in the absence of opportunities for purged academics in Turkey.
In February 27 academics were handed down sentences totaling 57 years, 11 months and five days on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda by signing the same declaration.
Not only academics, but hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life in Turkey are suffering from a travel ban imposed on allegations of terrorist support.
Source: Turkish Minute
