<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Ben Ercüment Ortaçgil. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Zafer Ercan'ın  bugün tmd ve turkmath'e gönderdiği aşağıdaki metni konuşmaya ve tartışmaya açıyorum.<br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Ya simdi </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">ya da hep su fikrayi hatirlamaya devam :</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">biz başta ermeni'yi dövdürmeyecektik</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* </span><a href="https://eksisozluk.com/biz-basta-ermeniyi-dovdurmeyecektik--4554556" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://eksisozluk.com/biz-basta-ermeniyi-dovdurmeyecektik--4554556</a><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Sunlar daha once sorulmus, cevap vermiyorlar : </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">"son 2 secimde hile yapildi, sonuclar mesru degildir , </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Turk MD yonetimi istifa etmelidir ve secimler yenilenmelidir"  </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">diyenler olmasina ragmen uye ve secim istatistiklerini aciklamiyorlar : </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">- Turk MD 2018 seçiminde kimler aday oldu ve kaç oy aldı (İstanbul ve Ankara sandıkları ve</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">toplam), üyeler arasında oy kullanma oranı nedir? </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Bakanlar kurulu karariyla ayricalikli olarak </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Turk adini tasiyan </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Turk MD yoneticilerinin ahval ve seraiti : </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Turk MD'nin patronu, Attila Askar ; </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">o, kimleri isterse, onlar yonetici olabiliyor , </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">o, kimi isterse, o Matematik Dunyasi dergisi editoru olabiliyor : </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">koca ulkede Turk MD'yi yonetecek baska matematikci mi yok !? :</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">-----------------------</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">YÖNETİM KURULU</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">- karsiligi agirlastirilmis muebbet hapis cezasi olan</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">"cebir ve şiddet kullanarak </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Hükümetini ortadan kaldırmaya veya</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">görevlerini yapmasına kısmen veya </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">tamamen engellemeye teşebbüs etmek" ve</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">"bu amaçla örgüt kurmak"</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">suclamasıyla hakkinda acilan sorusturma devam edenler :</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* Betül Tanbay Tüten (eski başkan)</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">- "terör örgütü propagandası" suclamasıyla </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">hakkinda acilan dava devam edenler ya da</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">15 ay hapis cezasi ile davasi bitenler : </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* Sefa Feza Arslan : 2. Başkan</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* Özlem Beyarslan Nesin : Genel Sekreter</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* Ayşe Berkman (önceki donem, 2. başkan) </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">ASLİ ÜYELER : Burak Özbağcı (Başkan), Ayberk Zeytin (Sayman), Attila Aşkar (eski başkan)</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">YEDEK ÜYELER : Cem Güneri, Tunç Mısırlıoğlu, Mine Çağlar, Ekin Özman</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">DENETLEME KURULU : Huriye Arıkan, Albert Erkip, Muhammed Uludağ</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">ONUR KURULU : Ali Ülger, Yusuf Ünlü</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">-----------------------</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Ornek Turk MD duyurusu :</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Turk MD yoneticilerinin derdi, matematik degil, iste bu ! : </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">-------------</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* </span><a href="http://tmd.org.tr/betul-tanbay-duyuru/" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://tmd.org.tr/betul-tanbay-duyuru/</a><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">TMD eski başkanı Betül Tanbay gözaltına alındı.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Derneğimizin üyesi, eski başkanı, Avrupa Matematik Derneği Başkan Yardımcısı Betül Tanbay, çağrıldığında gelebilecek olmasına ve delil karartma ihtimali olmamasına rağmen, sabahın 6 sında, uygunsuz bir biçimde gözaltına alınmıştır. Kendisi bir gün sonra serbest bırakılmış, ancak yurtdışına çıkma yasağı konulmuştur.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Akademik özgürlüğe yönelik hiç bir baskı kabul edilemez. Betül Tanbay’ın en kısa zamanda tüm haklarına kavuşacağını umuyoruz.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Türk Matematik Derneği Yönetim Kurulu</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">-------------</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Turk MD nin uluslararasi basarilarindan ornekler :</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">en iyi 4-5 Turk matematikciden 1'i olan Selman Akbulut, </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">ustelik AMS Human Rights komisyonu eski baskani, </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">"burada ayrimcilik yapiliyor ve </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">cogu milli takim sporcusu 200'den fazla kucuk kiz cimnastikciye</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">tecavuz eden MSU hocasi antrenorun haltlarini </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">ortbas edenler, beni MSU'dan atmaya calisiyor" diye yirtiniyor, </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">AMS, onu gormuyor - duymuyor, ama </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">her nasil oluyorsa, </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">15 bin km otede "terorle" suclanan </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Betul Tanbay'i, </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Ayse Berkman'i, </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Oznur Yasar Diner'i, </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Sefa Feza Arslan'i, </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Kıvanc Ersoy'u, </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Tuna Altinel'i, </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">goruyor - duyuyor - destekliyor :</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">tabi ki Selman hocayi, Turk MD de gormuyor - duymuyor :</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Yilmaz Akyildiz hoca, Selman hocayi desteklemek icin</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">2 ayda zar zor 100 imza toplayabildi. </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Tuna Altinel'i desteklemek icin birkac gunde </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">5.000'den fazla imza toplamislar simdiye dek, </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Turkiye'den 235, bir de "baska ulkedenim" diyen Turkler var. </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Aradaki farki yaratan : 1. terorle suclanmak ve suclayanin Turkiye olmasi !</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Ve 2. Turk MD'nin, yabancilari, Turkiye'yi protesto etmeleri için kiskirtmasi !</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">AMS Human Rights komisyonu eski baskani Selman Akbulut diyor ki :</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">tecrubeyle cok iyi biliyorum ki </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">kurumsal olarak resmi basvuru yapilmadikca</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">AMS, asla boyle yazilar yazmaz, </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">AMS'nin boyle yazilar yazmasi icin </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">kiskirtacak tek yer Turk MD :</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Turk MD, bunlarin elinde oldukca, </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Turk MD'nin kiskirtmasiyla </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">boyle yazilar, devam edecek :</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">-----------</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* </span><a href="https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=5152" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=5152</a><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">AMS American Mathematical Society</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Latest</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Concern for Turkish Mathematicians and Arrest of Tuna Altinel </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">May 31, 2019</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Professor Tuna Altinel, a Turkish mathematician employed at the Université Lyon 1 in France, was arrested in Turkey on May 11, 2019 and remains imprisoned. He has been prosecuted for signing a petition protesting military action taken by the Turkish military against Kurdish provinces. More information about his case is available here. This website includes actions you can take to support Professor Altinel including sending a personal postcard, or signing a petition calling for his release.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The American Mathematical Society’s Committee on Human Rights of Mathematicians has recently voiced objections to the political prosecution of the Turkish mathematicians Betul Tanbay and Ayse Berkman, who are among the thousands of signatories of the petition.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Recent news indicates that the situation in Turkey is worsening for some of the signatories, including for Professor Altinel. On May 28 the Committee issued a Statement of Continued Concern for Turkish Mathematicians, which gives further information on the developing situation.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--------</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* </span><a href="http://www.ams.org/about-us/governance/committees/StatementOnContinuedConcernForTurkishMathematicians.05-28-19.pdf" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://www.ams.org/about-us/governance/committees/StatementOnContinuedConcernForTurkishMathematicians.05-28-19.pdf</a><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">AMS Americam Mathematical Society</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Committee on Human Rights of Mathematicians</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Statement of Continued Concern</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for Turkish Mathematicians</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">AMS Committee on Human Rights of Mathematicians</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The American Mathematical Society’s Committee on Human Rights of Mathematicians has recently</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">voiced objections to the political prosecution of the Turkish mathematicians Betul Tanbay and Ayse</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Berkman, who are among the thousands of signatories of the petition protesting military action</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">taken by the Turkish military against Kurdish provinces. Signatories of this petition, including</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">mathematicians and other scholars, have been threatened with the loss of the right to travel and</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">their positions. Recent news indicates that the situation in Turkey is worsening.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">• On February 21, 2019, 28 academics were sentenced to a total of nearly 60 years in prison</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for having signed the petition “Not in our Name.” In particular, the mathematician Öznur</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Yaşar Diner was given the especially harsh sentence of 27 months based on her not</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">“showing remorse.”</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">• On March 5, 2019, Sela Feza Arslan, a mathematician at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Istanbul who also signed this petition, had his second hearing at the Heavy Penal Court. His</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">defense can be read here.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">• On March 15, 2016, Kıvanç Ersoy, along with three others who signed and read aloud the</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">petition, was arrested and imprisoned for 40 days. His case, involving a charge of</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">“Propaganda of Terrorism,” is ongoing.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">• On May 11, Tuna Altinel, a Turkish mathematician employed at the University of Lyon in</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">France and another signatory of the petition, was arrested in Turkey and remains</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">imprisoned; the European Mathematical Society has issued a strong and urgent</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">condemnation. A petition demanding his release can be found here.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">• Undergraduate students have also been arrested, imprisoned, and charged with crimes for</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">anti-war activity.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The American Mathematical Society’s Committee on Human Rights of Mathematicians reiterates its</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">condemnation of these political charges against mathematicians and other academics. Political</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">repression of this nature not only violates basic human rights, it jeopardizes scientific inquiry and</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">scholarship and the standing of Turkish institutions of higher learning and research. We urge the</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Turkish government to restore the political and human rights of Professors Diner, Berkman, Arslan,</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Altinel, and their colleagues.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The AMS Committee on Human Rights of Mathematicians</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">(Dr. Arthur Ogus, University of California at Berkeley, Committee Chair)</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">May 28, 2019</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--------</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* </span><a href="http://www.ams.org/news?news_id=4893" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://www.ams.org/news?news_id=4893</a><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">American Mathematical Society </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">News, Events and Announcements</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">AMS Committee on Human Rights Issues Statement of Concern about Turkish Mathematicians </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">February 08, 2019</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The AMS Committee on Human Rights of Mathematicians has issued the following statement expressing concern for Turkish mathematician Ayse Berkman and her colleagues:</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Turkish government has charged the mathematician Professor Ayse Berkman with the crime of “making propaganda for a terrorist organization,” based solely on her having signed a petition decrying military operations against civilians in Kurdish provinces. She appeared before the Heavy Penalty Court of Istanbul on January 10, 2019; see a translation of her defense statement and the petition she signed.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Professor Berkman received her PhD at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in1998. She has been teaching mathematics in Turkey since then, currently at Mimar Sinana University in Istanbul, and is a member of the American Mathematical Society.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Committee on Human Rights of Mathematicians of the American Mathematical Society deplores these political charges against Professor Berkman, which are a clear violation of human rights and academic freedom. These charges are part of a disturbing pattern: hundreds of academics in Turkey have been charged, and scores sentenced, for similar expressions of opinion. We decry these assaults on academic freedom and urge the Turkish government to respect the political and human rights of Professor Berkman and her colleagues.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The AMS Committee on Human Rights of Mathematicians</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">(Dr. Arthur Ogus, University of California at Berkeley, Committee Chair)</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--------</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* </span><a href="https://euro-math-soc.eu/news/18/11/16/ems-protest-against-detention-bet%C3%BCl-tanbay" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://euro-math-soc.eu/news/18/11/16/ems-protest-against-detention-betül-tanbay</a><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">European Mathematical Society</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">EMS protest against the detention of Betül Tanbay</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The European Mathematical Society is outraged at the news that the Turkish police have detained, in Istanbul on the morning of 16th November 2018, Professor Betül Tanbay, a member of the EMS Executive Committee. We are incredulous at the subsequent Press Release from the Istanbul Security Directorate accusing her of links to organized crime and attempts to topple the Turkish government.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Professor Tanbay is a distinguished mathematician and a Vice President Elect of the European Mathematical Society, due to assume that role from January 2019. We have known her for many years as a talented scientist and teacher, a former President of the Turkish Mathematical Society, an open-minded citizen, and a true democrat. She may not hesitate to exercise her freedom of speech, a lawful right that any decent country guarantees its citizens, but it is preposterous to suggest that she could be involved in violent or criminal activities.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">We demand that Professor Tanbay is immediately freed from detention, and we call on the whole European research community to raise its voice against this shameful mistreatment of our colleague, so frighteningly reminiscent of our continent's darkest times.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Update 17/11/18: We can confirm that Betül Tanbay has now been released from custody. However, we continue to have grave concerns about her situation. We will release an updated statement when we have more details. Thank you to everyone who has expressed support and solidarity!</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Submitted by Anonymous | 16 / Nov / 2018</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--------</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* </span><a href="https://www.lms.ac.uk/news-entry/20112018-1133/arrest-professor-bet%C3%BCl-tanbay" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://www.lms.ac.uk/news-entry/20112018-1133/arrest-professor-betül-tanbay</a><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">London Mathematical Society (established 1865)</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">News Entry  20112018 1133</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Arrest of Professor Betül Tanbay</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The LMS deplores the recent arrest of Professor Betül Tanbay of  Boğaziçi University, Istanbul on spurious and absurd charges, but is relieved to have had news of her speedy and safe release. Professor Tanbay is an active and widely respected member of the international mathematical community, a former President of the Turkish Mathematical Society and a Vice-Chair Elect of the European Mathematical Society. We remain however concerned about the impact these charges and arrest may have on her future ability to travel abroad, in particular should she wish to enter the UK. For further information on the arrests and statements by the EMS and Amnesty International please see here and here</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Submitted by John Johnston on 20 November, 2018 11:33</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--------</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* </span><a href="https://www.lms.ac.uk/news-entry/22052019-1544/arrest-mathematician-tuna-altinel" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://www.lms.ac.uk/news-entry/22052019-1544/arrest-mathematician-tuna-altinel</a><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">London Mathematical Society (established 1865)</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">News Entry  22052019 1544</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Arrest of Mathematician Tuna Altinel</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The LMS is deeply concerned about the arrest in Turkey on 11 May 2019 of Tuna Altinel, a Turkish mathematician  working for many years in the Université Lyon 1 in France. Professor Altinel was one of the signatories in 2016 of a petition supported by more than 2000 scientists and intellectuals against military actions towards civilians, and took part in a legitimate public meeting in France in February 2019 on the same topic. </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The LMS condemns this violation of Professor Altinel’s human rights, as we do of all Turkish colleagues suffering similar injustice. He should be immediately released and allowed to return to France to resume his teaching and research. More information is available here.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Submitted by John Johnston on 22 May, 2019 15:44</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--------</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* </span><a href="http://www.ailalogica.it/2019/05/20/comunicato-per-tuna-altinel/" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://www.ailalogica.it/2019/05/20/comunicato-per-tuna-altinel/</a><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">20 MAGGIO 2019 DI SEGRETARIO</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Comunicato per Tuna Altınel</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">(English text follows the Italian one)</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Tuna Altınel, matematico turco, esperto di teoria dei modelli dei gruppi, professore presso l’università di Lyon 1, l’11 Maggio 2019, è stato arrestato in Turchia in occasione di un suo rientro in patria.Le autorità turche lo accusano di propaganda terrorista. Altınel fa parte degli “universitari per la pace” che a gennaio 2016 avevano firmato una petizione per far cessare i combattimenti in Kurdistan.L’AILA, Associazione Italiana di Logica e Applicazioni, condanna risolutamente questa azione.  L’AILA ritiene questo gesto un crimine politico e, esprimendo profonda solidarietà al Prof. Altınel, ne chiede l’immediata scarcerazione e rientro in Francia.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Tuna Altınel, Turkish mathematician, expert in model theory of groups, professor at the University of Lyon 1, was arrested in Turkey on May 11, 2019 on the occasion of his return home.The Turkish authorities accuse him of terrorist propaganda. Altınel is part of the “Academics for peace” that in January 2016 signed a petition to stop the war in Kurdistan.AILA, the Italian Association of Logic and Applications, resolutely condemns this action. AILA considers this a political crime and, expressing profound solidarity with Prof. Altınel, calls for his immediate release from prison and return to France. </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--------</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* </span><a href="http://maddmaths.simai.eu/comunicare/comunicati-stampa/umi-altinel/" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://maddmaths.simai.eu/comunicare/comunicati-stampa/umi-altinel/</a><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">MaddMaths !</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Matematica Divulgazione Didattica</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">COMUNICATI STAMPA, IN EVIDENZA</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">L’UMI condanna l’arresto del matematico Tuna Altınel</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Roberto Natalini | 17 maggio 2019 | 2 commenti</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">L’UMI condanna l’arresto del matematico Tuna Altınel</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Tuna Altınel, matematico turco, professore presso l’Università di Lyon 1, l’11 Maggio 2019, è stato arrestato in Turchia in occasione di un suo rientro in patria. Viene accusato di propaganda terroristica, per aver firmato nel 2016 una petizione per la pace nella regione turca del Kurdistan.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">===============</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">L’Unione Matematica Italiana UMI apprende con sconcerto dell’arresto in Turchia del nostro collega Tuna Altinel, docente all’Università Lyon 1 in Francia. Molti tra noi conoscono Tuna e lo apprezzano vivamente non solo per i suoi brillanti contributi alla teoria dei modelli dei gruppi ma anche per il suo carattere cortese e per il suo impegno per la pace.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Gli esprimiamo la nostra piena solidarietà.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Condanniamo questa violazione dei suoi diritti umani e chiediamo il suo immediato rilascio e l’autorizzazione al rientro in Francia perché possa riprendere  serenamente il suo lavoro.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">==============</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Italian Mathematical Union UMI learns with dismay of the arrest in Turkey of our colleague Tuna Altinel, professor at Université Lyon 1 in France. Many of us know Tuna and strongly appreciate him not only for his brilliant contributions to model theory of groups, but also for his gentleness and his commitment to peace.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">We express to him our full solidarity.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">We condemn the violation of his human rights and ask that he be released immediately and authorized to return to France to resume his work”</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--------</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* </span><a href="http://math.univ-lyon1.fr/SoutienTunaAltinel/" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://math.univ-lyon1.fr/SoutienTunaAltinel/</a><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Fransizca - Ingilizce - Turkce</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Liberte Pour Tuna Altinel</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Hands off my Colleague</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Solidarity with Academics for Peace - Turkey</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Comité de soutien pour la libération de Tuna Altınel – </span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Support committee for Tuna Altınel's liberation</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">L'État turc emprisonne les « Universitaires pour la paix »</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Tuna Altınel : 23e jour d'incarcération – Füsun Üstel : 26e jour d'incarcération.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Signer la pétition</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></div></div>
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