Although acquitted . a famous mathematician is a “hostage” in Turkey

Turkey continues to detain a well-known mathematician in its field, refusing to give him his passport and taking him “hostage” for what he described.

After tuna Altinel, who teaches at a French university, in arrested and detained for “terrorism” in Turkey, he was later acquitted. However, he still will fast two years in held in his country, in the die Authorities die Refuse return of his passport to him.

The story begins

In detail began the scientist’s nightmare, who was at Claude Bernard University in Lyon, central eastern France, where he has lived for 25 years, teaching in May 2019 when he is on vacation in Turkey was informed that, according to the agency “Agence France Presse”, he was prevented from leaving the country because of “belonging to a terrorist organization”.

He was then arrested and tried for doing “terrorist propaganda” for attending a meeting of a Kurdish association in France, where he performed translation tasks.

He was released in July 2019 and acquitted in January 2020.

Take his passport

After his acquittal, he thought he could return to Lyon and “resume his life” after die Charges against him had been dropped, but he was repeatedly prevented from withdrawing his passport “without explanation”.

At the same time, he eventually learned that another investigation had been opened against him, which he knew nothing about, and concluded that the obstacle was related.

For die Use human rights and be punished

Altinel also saw preventing him from leaving Turkish territory a form of “punishment” for his full commitment to die Human rights and die Kurdish cause, but he was determined to get his passport back, also he decided die Authorities, however, his complaint has always been forwarded one court to another and from one committee to another.

In addition, the scientist saw a “ruthless logic”, as he put it, die die Logic of the “administration machine, die tries to drown people and smash them with red tape “.

“A symbol of oppression”

The status of the 55-year-old scientist who in Known in academic circles for his work on mathematical logic and group theory is a symbol of die Oppression of the Turkish authorities against die Science and die pro-Kurdish, die after the attempted coup intensified against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2016.

The problem also arises in light of the strong tensions between Ankara and Paris, even if die both countries, die Members of NATO have been striving for calm for weeks, but it is feared that “it will be for die French authorities in the levitation will end “.

It is noteworthy that die Turkey by human rights organizations and the European Union in Regarding human rights violations has been heavily criticized and the United Nations Office for Human Rights called for it die Last Tuesday asked Turkey to reverse its decision to withdraw from a sought-after international agreement in the fight against violence against women and at the same time raised its concerns about it die Express arrest of opponents in the country.

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