The physical condition of Turkish anti-fascist political prisoner Fikret Akar is rapidly deteriorating. He spoke about his condition in a phone conversation with his wife on October 18. Fikret Akar has been on an indefinite hunger strike for 210 days. This isn’t a very long time by hunger strike standards, but due to constant attacks…

While a solidarity tent was installed by Ahmet Cicek in the citiy of Rotterdam to defend the rights of the hunger striking prisoners in Turkey, a protest in front of the General Consulate of Turkey was held for the closure of the pit-type prisons on Friday, 22 October. The protest highlighted that the resistance fighters…

Well-type prisons are on the agenda with rights violations: Prisoners talk to themselves Original of the news: Well-type prisons are on the agenda with rights violations: Prisoners talk to themselves – 9.Köy (online magazine, translated 9th village) The article contains an interview with Seda Şaraldı, a lawyer from the Istanbul Bar Association Human Rights Centre,…

On Wednesday, October 22, the families and members of the Solidarity Association of Prisoner’s Families in Turkey, TAYAD, held anothe emergency action in Ankara. They demanded the closure of the pit-like isolation prisons and underlined the serious condition of hunger strike and death fast resisters, Serkan Onur Yilmaz, Ayberk Demirdögen and Fikret Akar. The government…

Isolation torture in Turkey – The German daily left newspaper Junge Welt published an interview with Sukriye Akar, the wife of one of the hunger strike resisters Fikret Akar. Link to the article: Politische Gefangene: »Das bedeutet systematische Folter«, Tageszeitung junge Welt, 21.10.2025 “This means systematic torture” Sükriye Akar is the wife of hunger-striking prisoner…

Recently 15 Political prisoners demand to be transferred from so-called S, Y or High Security prisons, in which their rights are permanently violated through unhuman prison conditions – ISOLATION TORTURE! They are being deprived from fresh air, sunlight, movement and contact to other human beings over a long period. Total isolation for 23 hours is…

Diario Socialista, a newspaper of expression and information for the Socialist Movement in Spanish language, published a news article to spread the voice of the prisoners on death fast and hungerstrike in Turkey. INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WILL DEFEAT OPPRESSION! Original article in Spanish: Presos políticos en Turquía en huelga de hambre extrema contra el régimen de…

Opposition party CHP Istanbul MP and Member of the Parliamentary Justice Commission, Attorney Turan Taşkın Özer, spoke about Pit-Type Prisons in his address to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. These are excerpts of his speech: “Above all, the government also built “pit-type” prisons. These prisons have no prison (exercise) yards, the windows are covered…

The situation of prisoners in Turkey is extremely serious, the hunger strikes and death fast advanced, Turkish authorities turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the demands of the prisoners. From Netherlands, a new action in support of the resistance in Turkey’s prisons was announced. 12 days ago, on October 10, Ahmet Cicek…