The statement was signed by the following people:

"1) Abdullah Cetin – Journalist

2) Ali Çatakçın – Author

3) Alin Ozinian – Journalist

4) Amberin Zaman - Journalist

5) Aris Nalcı – Journalist

6) Ayşe Hür – Researcher Writer

7) Ayşe Yıldırım – Journalist

8) Can Dundar – Journalist

9) Celal Başlangıç – Journalist

10) Cengiz Aktar – Academic

11) Dünya Doğan – Lawyer

12) Elif Yıldırım- Poet, Writer

13) Erdoğan Aydın – Journalist Writer

14) Ergun Babahan – Journalist

15) Erk Acarer – Journalist

16) Erol Köroğlu – Academic

17) Ertuğrul Mavioğlu – Journalist

18) Fuat Ateş – Journalist

19) Hasan Töre – Politician

20) Hayko Baghdad – Journalist

21) Hüseyin Levent Köker - Academic

22) İsmail Özen – Athlete

23) Latife Akyüz – Academic

24) Leyla Uyar – Journalist

25) Mahir Sayın – Politician

26) Mehmet Ali Çankaya – AABK Organizing Officer

27) Murat Çakır – Writer

28) Neşe Özgen – Academic

29) Nevra Akdemir – Academic

30) Nikos Michailidis – Academic

31) Ohannes Kılıçdağı – Academic

32) Osman Okkan – Journalist

33) Ragıp Duran – Journalist

34) Selim Eskiizmirliler – Academic

35) Şehbal Şenyurt – Director-Writer

36) Tuncay Yilmaz – Politician

37) Ümit Kıvanç – Journalist

38) Yavuz Baydar - Journalist

39) Yektan Türkyılmaz – Academic

40) Yiğit Aksakoğlu – Civil Society Member.