Abu-Sittah will talk about the truth about Gaza, which he could not
talk in Europe, in Türkiye
CoHE President Özvar invited Dr. Gassan Abu-Sittah, Rector of Glasgow
University, who was banned from entering France, to Türkiye. Abu-Sittah
accepted the invitation and will give a conference in Ankara on May 27,
2024.
Özvar: “I told Abu-Sittah to come and talk about what he couldn't talk
about in the French parliament at a Turkish university. He was very
pleased and accepted my invitation."
“Abu-Sittah testified as a witness for the genocide investigation
against Israel before the officials of the International Criminal Court
in The Hague.”
May 22, 2024
CoHE President Erol Özvar announced that Gassan Abu-Sittah, the Palestinian
Rector of Glasgow University, who went to Paris to tell his testimonies in
Gaza at an event organized in the French Parliament but was not allowed
into the country, will give a conference in Ankara on May 27, 2024.
During Özvar's talk with students at Düzce University, a Palestinian
student named Ahmad Omari took the floor and thanked Türkiye for its
support for Palestine. Expressing their gratitude to the Council of Higher
Education for opening the doors of Turkish universities to Palestinian
students, Omari, a 4th year Civil Engineering student, said: “Our friends
living in Gaza see what Türkiye is doing. We also see all the aids and
follow them closely."
Özvar stated that Türkiye has always stood by the Palestinian people and
emphasized that they will continue to support them. He stated that he had
spoken on the phone with Dr. Abu-Sittah, the Palestinian Rector of Glasgow
University, who was denied entry to France at Paris airport due to the ban
imposed by Germany on him to enter Schengen countries, and conveyed his
good wishes to him.
Özvar stated that he invited Sitte, who worked as a physician at Şifa
Hospital and Al-Akhli Hospital during the Israeli siege of Gaza, to Türkiye
and said:
"I told Abu-Sittah to come and talk about what he couldn't talk about in
the French parliament at a Turkish university. He was very pleased and
accepted my invitation. he will give a conference at Ankara Social Sciences
University on May 27th. He will share his testimonies from Gaza with us."
Özvar reminded that Abu-Sittah testified as a witness for the genocide
investigation against Israel before the officials of the International
Criminal Court in The Hague, and that they hoped Türkiye would use the
testimonies he would say in Ankara in The Hague."