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NEWS CENTER - Sezen Aksu, famous singer and songwriter in Turkey, said that Esra Mungan, Muzaffer Kaya and Kıvanç Ersoy, among the academics who accused of signing a declaration calling for peace, must be released.

Since 1,128 academics in Turkey signed a statement calling on the Turkish state to end the implementation of violent curfews and siege warfare on Kurdish cities by signing the statement "We will not be party to this crime,"a veritable witch-hunt has begun. Dozens of academics have been arrested in police raids on their homes and offices, and many have been dismissed. The academics Kıvanç Ersoy from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Lecturer Muzaffer Kaya from Nişantaşı University and Asst. Assoc. Dr. Esra Mungan from Boğaziçi University who have been jailed. Sezen Aksu, famous singer and songwriter in Turkey, support these three academics. Sezen said that the academics must be released. Sezen Aksu spoke to journalist Selin Ongun. Sezen said, "The academics will take Turkey forward. The academics must be released immediately without humiliating our country more."

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