istanbul turkish court tuesday adjourn four months trial 10 academics sign letter turkish government last year call violence turkey kurds end academics first group 148 prosecute sign open letter accuse insult turkish government carry propaganda terrorist group total 1,128 academics turkey abroad include philosopher activist noam chomsky sign january 2016 letter title party crime call end violence kurdish-majority towns eastern turkey escalate collapse 2015 ceasefire turkish government militant kurdistan workers party pkk letter publish months violence erupt say turkish state condemn residents mainly kurdish southeastern provinces hunger use curfews ongoing weeks also accuse authorities deploy heavy weapons use war demand government prepare condition negotiations create road map would lead last peace include demand kurdish political movement say tuesday hear six academics galatasaray university four istanbul university adjourn april 12 court reject lawyers submission letter criticism government insult criticize government punishable turkey penal code insult obvious legal standpoint crime politically authorities want turn something else defense lawyer three academics istanbul university tell reuters pkk take arm 1984 40,000 people die conflict since group consider terrorist organization turkey unite state european union academics publish letter six months last year fail military coup since thousands academics fire allege link terrorist organizations academics say turkey progress academia recent years jeopardy right group accuse president tayyip erdogan use state emergency declare coup quash political dissent turkish academics try april kurdish letter