土耳其官方的阿纳多卢通讯社说，这些人任职于伊斯坦布尔附近的科卡埃利大学，星期五清晨当局突袭了他们的住宅，并将他们拘留。报道还说，当局还将拘留其他9人。
这份请愿书共有1200多位学术界人士签字，指责土耳其当局蓄意屠杀和驱逐东南部的库尔德人。请愿书还呼吁当局立即结束宵禁，恢复与库尔德工人党的和谈进程。
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.
