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.