土耳其當局拘留在支持庫爾德人請願書上簽字的學術界人士

Turkish authorities have detained at least 12 academics accused of supporting "terror propaganda" after they signed a petition calling for an end to the government's crackdown on Kurdish rebels.

The state-run Anadolu news agency said the academics from Kocaeli University near Istanbul were detained during raids at their homes early Friday, adding nine others are set to also be taken in.

The detainees are among more than 1,200 academics who have signed a statement condemning Turkey's "deliberate massacres and deportation" of Kurdish people in the southeast of the country. The petition also called for an immediate end to the use of curfews and the resumption of the peace process with the PKK Kurdish rebel group.土耳其當局拘留了至少12名學術界人士。他們簽署了一份呼籲政府停止鎮壓庫爾德反政府武裝人員的請願書，因此被控支持“恐怖主義宣傳”。
土耳其官方的阿納多盧通訊社說，這些人任職於伊斯坦布爾附近的科卡埃利大學，星期五清晨當局突襲了他們的住宅，並將他們拘留。報道還說，當局還將拘留其他9人。

這份請願書共有1200多位學術界人士簽字，指責土耳其當局蓄意屠殺和驅逐東南部的庫爾德人。請願書還呼籲當局立即結束宵禁，恢復與庫爾德工人黨的和談進程。