We are the University and College Union at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and we represent 2,000 members.
We stand in solidarity with our Turkish friends who have taken to the streets in great numbers in the last few weeks, and with the students and academics taking direct action across the country. Turkey is a globally important country in the fight against rising authoritarianism and ongoing assaults against the University as a free institution.
It is also a country with a great tradition of standing up against injustice and for democracy. We condemn the mass detainment of university students and workers for using their democratic right to peaceful protest and institutional boycott.
In solidarity,
UCU Bristol