Hi all,
An email from a colleague of mine seeking support for a PhD student who's been unjustly arrested. ________________________________ From: snacleth-l snacleth-l-bounces@uleth.ca on behalf of Ozcan, Gulden gulden.ozcan@uleth.ca Sent: September 27, 2020 11:45 To: snacleth-l, MailList snacleth-l@uleth.ca Subject: [snacleth-l] Call to Free Carleton PhD Candidate Cihan Erdal
Dear friends,
I am writing to inform you about my friend, Carleton Sociology PhD Candidate, Cihal Erdal’s detention in Turkey. Cihan was in Turkey to visit family and conduct his fieldwork as part of his PhD research. On Friday, he was detained along with 81 other pro-Kurdish activists, academics and politicians.
We just started a letter campaign open to Canadian scholars' signature. Cihan is a permanent resident, not a citizen of Canada. Our hope is to pressure Canadian authorities to take action on Cihan's case.
Feel free to circulate this among your networks.
https://forms.gle/LQKuJ1XPCL5DympY6
In solidarity,
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Dr. Gülden Özcan
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Lethbridge
4401 University Drive Lethbridge, Alberta
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