News article: Prisoners on hunger strike in hospital: 4 family members detained

News article translated from Yeni Yasam

https://yeniyasamgazetesi9.com/aclik-grevindeki-tutsaklar-hastanede-4-aile-uyesi-gozaltina-alindi/

Tahsin Sağaltıcı, Gürkan Türkoğlu and Hüseyin Özen, who were on hunger strike at the prison in Antalya, were taken to hospital after their health deteriorated. Police intervened against the families waiting outside the hospital and detained four people.

The prisoners on hunger strike at Antalya Döşemealtı High-Security Prison – Tahsin Sağaltıcı, Gürkan Türkoğlu and Hüseyin Özen – were taken to Antalya City Hospital today following the deterioration of their condition. It was reported that Tahsin Sağaltıcı and Gürkan Türkoğlu have been on hunger strike for 260 days, whilst Hüseyin Özen has been on hunger strike for 240 days.

Lawyers visited the hospital to meet with the detainees. According to information provided by the lawyers, the detainees are still being held under supervision; however, at this stage, there is no question of any medical intervention or coercive measures, and the detainees are being held in separate rooms in the hospital, in ‘prison wards’.

4 arrests

The police attacked the families of the prisoners waiting outside the hospital. The police detained four people. It was reported that those detained are being held at the Antalya Provincial Police Headquarters and that the grounds for their detention are unknown.

Demands

The demands of the prisoners on hunger strike are as follows:

“The practice of solitary confinement in prisons must be immediately discontinued; the demands of prisoners continuing their hunger strike to protest against solitary confinement conditions in prisons must be taken into account.” …