Hunger strike in Turkish jails enters 63rd day

 On October 10 of last year 2023, a global campaign was launched in 74 centers around the world under the slogan “Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan, the political solution to the Kurdish issue.” In this context, a series of events began in northern Kurdistan and Turkey to support this campaign.

Under the slogan of the campaign, on November 27, 2023, activists in Turkish prisons in Turkey and northern Kurdistan began a hunger strike.

The strike will end next February 15, according to the strikers.

In the cities of Van, Amed, Merdin, Mersin, Adana, Istanbul and Izmir, justice sit-ins continue under the slogan “We will break through isolation for justice, and we will be the voice of prisons for peace,” which were organized by the families of the hunger strikers.

Different regions in Kurdistan and the world are witnessing several daily activities in support of the hunger strikers, and denouncing the policy of the Turkish occupation state regarding the event and the imprisonment of Imrali. At the same time, she criticized the silence of international forces and human rights organizations.

a.k

ANHA