While the resistance of political prisoners in Turkey to systematic isolation torture is supported on international level with various solidarity actions and protests, there is also a campaign continuing for the rights and the freedom for political prisoner Irfan Yilmaz who suffers from serious health problems with a disability rating of 96%.disabled 96 per cent.…

Gürkan Türkoglu was force fed one day before his demands to be transferred to prison without isolation torture were recognised by the Minister of Justice, after resisting brutal isolation politics in Turkey’s “pit-type” (high security) prisons with a hunger strike for 266 days. His two comrades, Hüseyin Özen and Tahsin Sagaltici, were transferred to another…

Tekirdağ, Tuesday 5 May 2026 Hello dear Pablo, I’m writing to you with the excitement of 1 May, which we celebrated just a few days ago.I’m writing to you from Tekirdağ in Turkey, from a solitary confinement prison known as a Type F facility. This place consists of cells that can hold no more than…

TURKEY- GÜRKAN TÜRKOĞLU was recently on a long-term hunger strike protesting the isolation imposed in pit-type prisons. During this period, prison authorities subjected him to the torture of force-feeding. As a result, he has been in a coma since 20th of April 2026.As if this were not enough, he has also been handcuffed to his…

FOURTY ONE VICTORIES WERE ACHIEVED OVER THE PIT-TYPE ISOLATION PRISONS (HIGH SECURITY OR TYPE S AND Y PRISONS) Gürkan Türkoglu, a political prisoner, continues to battle for his life in the intensive care unit of Antalya’s city hospital. Despite he has been in coma for a month and can not breathe without intubation, he is…

Share We are publishing a letter from Fikret Akar, a political prisoner from Turkey, who achieved victory in the resistance by hunger strike and was transferred from a pit-type prison to a non-isolation type prison, to Ukrainian political prisoners, anti-fascists and communists Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich. Tekirdağ, Tuesday 5 May 2026 Dear Mikhail Kononovich, dear…

People Can Live Without Arms or Legs. Without Speech, Sight, or Hearing Too.But Never Without Dignity…” A Letter from İrfan Yılmaz, Diagnosed with Cerebellar Syndrome and Holding a 96% Disability Report,to the public, journalists, intellectuals, and artists. Hello, First of all, I send you my greetings and warm regards. I wish you success in your…

Following is the translation of a letter sent by former hunger srike resister to pit-type prisons in Turkey, Fikret Akar, to political prisoner in Germany, Daniela Klette: Tekirdağ Tuesday, 5th of May, 2026 Dear Daniela Klette I’m sending you greetings and love from all the Free Prisoners at Tekirdağ F-Type Prison. I wanted to write…

Today, 12 May, Kenyan police arrested at least 13 protesters opposing the Africa-France summit, in addition to the five Kenyan student activists arrested yesterday. LIST OF THOSE ARRESTEDMay 11 May 12 The summit was attended by French President Macron, who in recent months has sent hundreds of troops to Kenya in an attempt to establish…

On May 6, 2026, the appeal against the verdict in the case of Özgül Emre and İhsan Cibelik was dismissed. The verdict is now final. Despite a promised transfer to a different detention facility, this has not been carried out. In Cologne-Ossendorf, her personal clothing was confiscated—as a result, Özgül Emre began a hunger strike…