Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey
About Tuna Altınel
- Tuna Altinel is a Turkish mathematician, born February 12, 1966 in Istanbul, who has worked at the university Lyon-1 (France) since 1996.
- He is a specialist in group theory and mathematical logic. With Alexandre Borovik and Gregory Cherlin, he proved a major case of the Cherlin-Zilber conjecture.In the political sphere, Altinel is active in the Academics for Peace movement, which supports a peaceful resolution of the conflict in south-eastern Turkey, and calls for the human rights of the civilian population to be respected.
- Accused by the Turkish authorities of "membership in a terrorist organization," Altinel has been imprisoned since May 11, 2019 at the Kepsut prison in Turkey.
Read more at Wikipedia